Calculus help! Derivative issue?
i took the derivative using logarithmic differentiation and had an issue. They manipulated 2/3(x^-1/3)+2/3(y^-1/3)(yprime) into (1/cubed root x)+(yprime/cubed root y). Can someone please explain this to me?
i took the derivative using logarithmic differentiation and had an issue. They manipulated 2/3(x^-1/3)+2/3(y^-1/3)(yprime) into (1/cubed root x)+(yprime/cubed root y). Can someone please explain this to me?
husoski
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One of you is off by a factor of 2/3. The fact that x^(-1/3) = 1/cuberoot(x) explains the rest.
Nobody can tell without who's in error without seeing the problem.