Find (f/g)(x). f(x)=sqrtx^2-1 g(x)=sqrtx-1 (hurry plz its timed lol)

Can someone explain to me what a “derivative” means? How do you find the derivative of f(x)=x^3+1?

Ostrovityanka [42]

The derivative is the rate of change of a function, basically represents the slope at different points. To find the derivative of the given function you can use the power rule, which means, if n is a real number, d/dx(x^n)= nx^(n-1). This is a simplification of the chain rule based on the fact that d/dx(x)=1. Anyway, this means that d/dx(x^3 + 1)= 3x^2. Here n is 3 and so it is 3*x^(3-1)= 3x^2. The derivative of x^3+1 is 3x^2.

If you are wondering what happened to the 1, for any constant C, d/dx(C)=0.

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3 years ago

Describe a situation where it is easier to use decimals than fractions and explain why

valentina_108 [34]

In money if you have £6.25 it is easier to write it in decimals
If you are measuring something e.g. 10.3cm long no one writes it 10 3/10 cm

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3 years ago

Write an equation of the line that passes through (2,3) and is perpendicular to the line shown

kow [346]

Answer:

(2,3)

Step-by-step explanation:

(2,3) is your answer

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3 years ago

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Can somebody please help me with these questions?

ohaa [14]

X=7.5 area= 42
You know that the total perimeter is 39 so to find x you need to add what you already have. You’ll find there are 3 sides you don’t know the length of and all you have to do is find the shorter one which is basically 9-7=2 then add everything together and subtract it from 39 then divide it by 2 to find the two sides left

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3 years ago

Given a function <img src="https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=f%28x%29%3D3x%5E4-5x%5E2%2B2x-3" id="TexFormula1" title="f(x)=3x^4-5x^2+2x-3"

Levart [38]

Answer:

$\huge\boxed{f(-1) = -7}$

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to solve for this function, we need to substitute in our value of x inside to find f(x). Since we are trying to evalue f(-1), we will substitute -1 in as x to our equation.

$f(-1) = 3(-1)^4 - 5(-1)^2 + 2(-1) - 3$

Now we can solve for the function by multiplying/subtracting/adding our known values.

Starting with the first term to the last term:

$3(-1)^4 = 3$

WAIT! How is this possible? $-1^4 = -1$ (according to my calculator), and $3 \cdot -1 = -3$ , not 3!

It's important to note that taking a power of a negative number and multiplying a negative number are two different things. Let's use $-2^2$ as an example.

What your calculator did was follow BEMDAS since it wasn't explicitly told not to.

BEMDAS:

- Brackets

- Exponents

- Multiplication/Division

- Addition/Subtraction

Examining the equation, your calculator used this rule properly. Note that exponents come over multiplication.

So rather than being "-2 squared" - it's "the negative of of 2 squared."

Tying this back into our problem, the squared method would only be true if it looks like $-1^4$ . However, since we're substituting in -1, it looks like $(-1)^4$ , so the expression reads out as "-1 to the fourth."