How do you differentiate y = 2 / [3sqrt(x^2 - 5x)] ?

1 Answer
Jan 30, 2016

(4x-10)/(3sqrt((x^2-5x)^3))

Explanation:

Here,
y=2/(3sqrt(x^2-5x))

so,
(dy)/(dx)

=d/(dx)(2/(3sqrt(x^2-5x)))

=2/3d/(dx)(1/(sqrt(x^2-5x)))

=2/3*1/((x^2-5x)^(3/2))d/(dx)(x^2-5x)

=2/3*1/((x^2-5x)^(3/2))(2x-5)

=(4x-10)/(3sqrt((x^2-5x)^3))