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EXAMPLE 6
Differentiating Functions with Rational Exponents
(a)
d
d
x
√
x
=
d
d
x
x
1
/
2
=
1
2
x
(
1
/
2
)
−
1
=
1
2
x
−
1
/
2
=
1
2
x
1
/
2
=
1
2
√
x
=
√
x
2
x
(b)
d
d
u
3
√
u
=
d
d
u
u
1
/
3
=
1
3
u
−
2
/
3
=
1
3
3
√
u
2
=
3
√
u
3
u
(c)
d
d
x
x
5
/
2
=
5
2
x
3
/
2
(d)
d
d
s
s
−
3
/
2
=
−
3
2
s
−
5
/
2
=
−
3
2
s
5
/
2
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