Calculus Examples

$- \sqrt{x}$

Step 1

Write $- \sqrt{x}$ as a function.

$f (x) = - \sqrt{x}$

Step 2

The function $F (x)$ can be found by finding the indefinite integral of the derivative $f (x)$ .

$F (x) = \int f (x) d x$

Step 3

Set up the integral to solve.

$F (x) = \int - \sqrt{x} d x$

Step 4

Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , move $- 1$ out of the integral.

$- \int \sqrt{x} d x$

Step 5

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{x}$ as $x^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$- \int x^{\frac{1}{2}} d x$

Step 6

By the Power Rule, the integral of $x^{\frac{1}{2}}$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{2}{3} x^{\frac{3}{2}}$ .

$- (\frac{2}{3} x^{\frac{3}{2}} + C)$

Step 7

Rewrite $- (\frac{2}{3} x^{\frac{3}{2}} + C)$ as $- \frac{2}{3} x^{\frac{3}{2}} + C$ .

$- \frac{2}{3} x^{\frac{3}{2}} + C$

Step 8

The answer is the antiderivative of the function $f (x) = - \sqrt{x}$ .

$F (x) =$ $- \frac{2}{3} x^{\frac{3}{2}} + C$