Calculus Examples

$y = \sqrt{5 - 2 e^{3 x}}$

Step 1

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{5 - 2 e^{3 x}}$ as ${(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}]$

Step 2

Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [f (g (x))]$ is $f' (g (x)) g' (x)$ where $f (x) = x^{\frac{1}{2}}$ and $g (x) = 5 - 2 e^{3 x}$ .

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Step 2.1

To apply the Chain Rule, set $u_{1}$ as $5 - 2 e^{3 x}$ .

$\frac{d}{d u_{1}} [{u_{1}}^{\frac{1}{2}}] \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 2.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d u_{1}} [{u_{1}}^{n}]$ is $n {u_{1}}^{n - 1}$ where $n = \frac{1}{2}$ .

$\frac{1}{2} {u_{1}}^{\frac{1}{2} - 1} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 2.3

Replace all occurrences of $u_{1}$ with $5 - 2 e^{3 x}$ .

$\frac{1}{2} {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2} - 1} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 3

To write $- 1$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{1}{2} {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2} - 1 \cdot \frac{2}{2}} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 4

Combine $- 1$ and $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{1}{2} {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2} + \frac{- 1 \cdot 2}{2}} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 5

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{1}{2} {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1 - 1 \cdot 2}{2}} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 6

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 6.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

$\frac{1}{2} {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1 - 2}{2}} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 6.2

Subtract $2$ from $1$ .

$\frac{1}{2} {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{- 1}{2}} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 7

Combine fractions.

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Step 7.1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\frac{1}{2} {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{- \frac{1}{2}} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 7.2

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and ${(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{- \frac{1}{2}}$ .

$\frac{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{- \frac{1}{2}}}{2} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 7.3

Move ${(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{- \frac{1}{2}}$ to the denominator using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [5 - 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 8

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $5 - 2 e^{3 x}$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [5] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 2 e^{3 x}]$ .

$\frac{1}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} (\frac{d}{d x} [5] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 2 e^{3 x}])$

Step 9

Since $5$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $5$ with respect to $x$ is $0$ .

$\frac{1}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} (0 + \frac{d}{d x} [- 2 e^{3 x}])$

Step 10

Add $0$ and $\frac{d}{d x} [- 2 e^{3 x}]$ .

$\frac{1}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [- 2 e^{3 x}]$

Step 11

Since $- 2$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- 2 e^{3 x}$ with respect to $x$ is $- 2 \frac{d}{d x} [e^{3 x}]$ .

$\frac{1}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} (- 2 \frac{d}{d x} [e^{3 x}])$

Step 12

Simplify terms.

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Step 12.1

Combine $- 2$ and $\frac{1}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}}$ .

$\frac{- 2}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [e^{3 x}]$

Step 12.2

Factor $2$ out of $- 2$ .

$\frac{2 \cdot - 1}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [e^{3 x}]$

Step 13

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 13.1

Factor $2$ out of $2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$\frac{2 \cdot - 1}{2 ({(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}})} \frac{d}{d x} [e^{3 x}]$

Step 13.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 \cdot - 1}{2 {(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [e^{3 x}]$

Step 13.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 1}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [e^{3 x}]$

Step 14

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [e^{3 x}]$

Step 15

Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [f (g (x))]$ is $f' (g (x)) g' (x)$ where $f (x) = e^{x}$ and $g (x) = 3 x$ .

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Step 15.1

To apply the Chain Rule, set $u_{2}$ as $3 x$ .

$- \frac{1}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} (\frac{d}{d u_{2}} [e^{u_{2}}] \frac{d}{d x} [3 x])$

Step 15.2

Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d u_{2}} [a^{u_{2}}]$ is $a^{u_{2}} \ln (a)$ where $a$ = $e$ .

$- \frac{1}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} (e^{u_{2}} \frac{d}{d x} [3 x])$

Step 15.3

Replace all occurrences of $u_{2}$ with $3 x$ .

$- \frac{1}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} (e^{3 x} \frac{d}{d x} [3 x])$

Step 16

Differentiate.

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Step 16.1

Combine $e^{3 x}$ and $\frac{1}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}}$ .

$- \frac{e^{3 x}}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [3 x]$

Step 16.2

Since $3$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $3 x$ with respect to $x$ is $3 \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$- \frac{e^{3 x}}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} (3 \frac{d}{d x} [x])$

Step 16.3

Combine fractions.

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Step 16.3.1

Multiply $3$ by $- 1$ .

$- 3 \frac{e^{3 x}}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Step 16.3.2

Combine $- 3$ and $\frac{e^{3 x}}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}}$ .

$\frac{- 3 e^{3 x}}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Step 16.3.3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{3 e^{3 x}}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Step 16.4

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$- \frac{3 e^{3 x}}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}} \cdot 1$

Step 16.5

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- \frac{3 e^{3 x}}{{(5 - 2 e^{3 x})}^{\frac{1}{2}}}$