Have I got this correct? (Quotient rule)

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Thanks in advanced for help on this, if I have gone wrong anywhere along the way please don't hesitate to point out my mistake(s).

Homework Statement


Differatiate each question with respect to the variable.

s =(Ax^2-kx+w)/Ax+k

Homework Equations



Quotient rule: ds/dx=((v*du/dx)-(u*dv/dx))/v^2

The Attempt at a Solution



s = u/v

u = 8x^2-7x+125
v = 8x+7

du/dx = 8x^2-7x+125
= 16x-7

dv/dx = 8x+7
= 8

ds/dx=((v*du/dx)-(u*dv/dx))/v^2

ds/dx=((8x+7*16x-7)-(8x+7*8))/8x+7^2
ds/dx=((128x^2-56x+112x-49)-(64x^2-56x+1000))/8x+7^2
ds/dx=((128x^2-56x-49)-(64x^2-56x+1000)/8x+7^2
ds/dx=(64x^2+951)/8x+7^2
 
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DBeckett91 said:
Thanks in advanced for help on this, if I have gone wrong anywhere along the way please don't hesitate to point out my mistake(s).

Homework Statement


Differatiate each question with respect to the variable.

s =(Ax^2-kx+w)/Ax+k
Is this the function you need to differentiate? Your work below has has A = 8 and k = 7.

Also, you need parentheses around the entire denominator, like this:
s =(Ax^2-kx+w)/(Ax+k)

DBeckett91 said:

Homework Equations



Quotient rule: ds/dx=((v*du/dx)-(u*dv/dx))/v^2

The Attempt at a Solution



s = u/v

u = 8x^2-7x+125
v = 8x+7

du/dx = 8x^2-7x+125
= 16x-7

dv/dx = 8x+7
= 8

ds/dx=((v*du/dx)-(u*dv/dx))/v^2

ds/dx=((8x+7*16x-7)-(8x+7*8))/8x+7^2
ds/dx=((128x^2-56x+112x-49)-(64x^2-56x+1000))/8x+7^2
Except for missing parentheses around the denominator, the above is fine.
DBeckett91 said:
ds/dx=((128x^2-156x-19)-(64x^2-56x+1000)/8x+7^2
How did you get the above? Specifically, how did -56x + 112x turn into -156x, and how did -49 turn into -19?
DBeckett91 said:
ds/dx=(64x^2+951)/8x+7^2
 
Sorry that was a typo, the post is now edited to be the numbers I intended. As for the value of A, k and w:
A = 8
k = 7
w = 125

I must have missed that bit also
 
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