What is the derivative of sqrt(x^5)√x5? Calculus Basic Differentiation Rules Chain Rule 1 Answer Gió Apr 12, 2015 Write it as: x^(5/2)x52 and the derive it as x^nxn (giving nx^(n-1)nxn−1): y'=5/2x^(5/2-1)=5/2x^(3/2)=5/2sqrt(x^3) Answer link Related questions What is the Chain Rule for derivatives? How do you find the derivative of y= 6cos(x^2) ? How do you find the derivative of y=6 cos(x^3+3) ? How do you find the derivative of y=e^(x^2) ? How do you find the derivative of y=ln(sin(x)) ? How do you find the derivative of y=ln(e^x+3) ? How do you find the derivative of y=tan(5x) ? How do you find the derivative of y= (4x-x^2)^10 ? How do you find the derivative of y= (x^2+3x+5)^(1/4) ? How do you find the derivative of y= ((1+x)/(1-x))^3 ? See all questions in Chain Rule Impact of this question 1444 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License