Calculus Examples

$\frac{18}{\sqrt[3]{x - 2}}$

Step 1

Differentiate using the Constant Multiple Rule.

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Step 1.1

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

$\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{18}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}}}]$

Step 1.2

Since $18$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $\frac{18}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}}}$ with respect to $x$ is $18 \frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}}}]$ .

$18 \frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}}}]$

Step 1.3

Apply basic rules of exponents.

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Step 1.3.1

Rewrite $\frac{1}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}}}$ as ${({(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{- 1}$ .

$18 \frac{d}{d x} [{({(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{- 1}]$

Step 1.3.2

Multiply the exponents in ${({(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{- 1}$ .

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Step 1.3.2.1

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$18 \frac{d}{d x} [{(x - 2)}^{\frac{1}{3} \cdot - 1}]$

Step 1.3.2.2

Combine $\frac{1}{3}$ and $- 1$ .

$18 \frac{d}{d x} [{(x - 2)}^{\frac{- 1}{3}}]$

Step 1.3.2.3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$18 \frac{d}{d x} [{(x - 2)}^{- \frac{1}{3}}]$

Step 2

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

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Step 2.1

To apply the Chain Rule, set $u$ as $x - 2$ .

$18 (\frac{d}{d u} [u^{- \frac{1}{3}}] \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 2.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d u} [u^{n}]$ is $n u^{n - 1}$ where $n = - \frac{1}{3}$ .

$18 (- \frac{1}{3} u^{- \frac{1}{3} - 1} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 2.3

Replace all occurrences of $u$ with $x - 2$ .

$18 (- \frac{1}{3} {(x - 2)}^{- \frac{1}{3} - 1} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 3

To write $- 1$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$18 (- \frac{1}{3} {(x - 2)}^{- \frac{1}{3} - 1 \cdot \frac{3}{3}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 4

Combine $- 1$ and $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$18 (- \frac{1}{3} {(x - 2)}^{- \frac{1}{3} + \frac{- 1 \cdot 3}{3}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 5

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$18 (- \frac{1}{3} {(x - 2)}^{\frac{- 1 - 1 \cdot 3}{3}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 6

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 6.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $3$ .

$18 (- \frac{1}{3} {(x - 2)}^{\frac{- 1 - 3}{3}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 6.2

Subtract $3$ from $- 1$ .

$18 (- \frac{1}{3} {(x - 2)}^{\frac{- 4}{3}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 7

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$18 (- \frac{1}{3} {(x - 2)}^{- \frac{4}{3}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 8

Combine ${(x - 2)}^{- \frac{4}{3}}$ and $\frac{1}{3}$ .

$18 (- \frac{{(x - 2)}^{- \frac{4}{3}}}{3} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 9

Simplify the expression.

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Step 9.1

Move ${(x - 2)}^{- \frac{4}{3}}$ to the denominator using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$18 (- \frac{1}{3 {(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 9.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $18$ .

$- 18 (\frac{1}{3 {(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2])$

Step 10

Combine $\frac{1}{3 {(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}}$ and $- 18$ .

$\frac{- 18}{3 {(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2]$

Step 11

Factor $3$ out of $- 18$ .

$\frac{3 \cdot - 6}{3 {(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2]$

Step 12

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 12.1

Factor $3$ out of $3 {(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}$ .

$\frac{3 \cdot - 6}{3 ({(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}})} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2]$

Step 12.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 \cdot - 6}{3 {(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2]$

Step 12.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 6}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2]$

Step 13

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{6}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} \frac{d}{d x} [x - 2]$

Step 14

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

$- \frac{6}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} (\frac{d}{d x} [x] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 2])$

Step 15

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

$- \frac{6}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} (1 + \frac{d}{d x} [- 2])$

Step 16

Since $- 2$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- 2$ with respect to $x$ is $0$ .

$- \frac{6}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} (1 + 0)$

Step 17

Simplify the expression.

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Step 17.1

Add $1$ and $0$ .

$- \frac{6}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}} \cdot 1$

Step 17.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- \frac{6}{{(x - 2)}^{\frac{4}{3}}}$