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tmoney369
Oct5-08, 05:37 PM
how do i take the derivative of sqr(4 + sqr(3x))?
My teacher wants me to do it as a chain rule composition function so i separated it into

F(x)= (4+x)^1/2 and G(x)= (3x)^1/2

but i dont know where to go from here because i dont know how to take the derivative of f(x)

td10
Oct5-08, 05:59 PM
on F(x) you must use the power rule then go inside your function and take the derivative