How do you find the derivative of $(1)/((1-x^2)^(1/2))$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-05T03:25:10

Derivative of $color(blue)(d/dx(1/(1-x^2)^(1/2))=x/(1-x^2)^(3/2))$

Start with the given $1/(1-x^2)^(1/2)$

$d/dx(1/(1-x^2)^(1/2))=d/dx(1-x^2)^(-1/2)$

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

$d/dx(1/(1-x^2)^(1/2))=(-1/2)(1-x^2)^(-3/2)*(0-2x)$

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

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

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