Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

Chapter 3 - Section 3.1 - Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Functions - 3.1 Exercises - Page 181: 13

Answer

$s'\left( t \right) = - \frac{1}{{{t^2}}} - \frac{2}{{{t^3}}}$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & s\left( t \right) = \frac{1}{t} + \frac{1}{{{t^2}}} \cr & {\text{Rewrite the function}}{\text{, apply the property }}\frac{1}{{{t^n}}} = {t^{ - n}} \cr & s\left( t \right) = {t^{ - 1}} + {t^{ - 2}} \cr & {\text{Differentiate the function}} \cr & s'\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{t^{ - 1}} + {t^{ - 2}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Use the sum diffence rules for differentiation }} \cr & s'\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{t^{ - 1}}} \right] + \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{t^{ - 2}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Apply the power rule: }}\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{t^n}} \right] = n{t^{n - 1}} \cr & s'\left( t \right) = - {t^{ - 1 - 1}} - 2{t^{ - 2 - 1}} \cr & {\text{Simplify}} \cr & s'\left( t \right) = - {t^{ - 2}} - 2{t^{ - 3}} \cr & {\text{Rewrite}} \cr & s'\left( t \right) = - \frac{1}{{{t^2}}} - \frac{2}{{{t^3}}} \cr} $$
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