Question #28efc

1 Answer
Mar 31, 2015

By the power rule, the derivative of f^n(x)= n f^{n-1}(x) f'(x).
In your case, f(x)=3x^2 + 5x + 1, and n=3/2

This means that n-1=1/2, and the derivative f'(x) is also easy to calculate, since it is 6x+5.

Putting the pieces together, we can translate the general formula n f^{n-1}(x) f'(x) into
3/2 (3x^2 + 5x + 1)^{1/2} (6x+5)