How do you find the derivative of $sqrt(5x)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-20T17:39:51

If $u$ is a function, then the derivative of $u^n$ is $n*u'*u^(n-1)$ . We apply this here.

$f(x) = sqrt(5x) = (5x)^(1/2)$ so $f'(x) = 1/2*5*(5x)^(1/2 - 1) = 5/(2sqrt(5x))$ .

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