How do you find the second derivative of y=1/xy=1x?
1 Answer
Jan 25, 2017
Explanation:
differentiate using the
color(blue)"power rule"power rule
color(orange)"Reminder " color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(d/dx(ax^n)=nax^(n-1))color(white)(2/2)|)))
y=1/x=x^-1
rArrdy/dx=-x^-2 To obtain the second derivative, differentiate
dy/dx
rArr(d^2y)/(dx^2)=2x^-3=2/x^3