How do you differentiate sqrt(4x² + 1)?
1 Answer
Jun 5, 2015
We'll use the power rule and the chain rule.
So,
=1/2(4x^2+1)^(-1/2)*8x
=1/(2(4x^2+1)^(1/2)) * (8x)/1
= (4x)/sqrt(4x^2+1)
And the last line cannot be simplified any further, so we're finished.