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Worked solution

Rewrite roots and reciprocals before using the power rule

Differentiate 1/x3−x5+x31/x^3-x^5+\sqrt{x^3} with respect to xx.

CJC · Lecture · Example 3

Use powers on the real domain

For this expression the real domain is x>0x>0: the square root requires x≥0x\ge0, and the reciprocal excludes 0. Write x−3−x5+x3/2x^{-3}-x^5+x^{3/2}. The source root is a square root over x3x^3, not a cube root.

How did this part go?

Differentiate each term

Apply the power and sum rules: −3x−4−5x4+32x1/2-3x^{-4}-5x^4+\frac32x^{1/2}, valid for x>0x>0. This is the printed answer.

How did this part go?

Common mistakes

Read the radical bar and index from the source image; native text alone loses the square root.

Solution notes

Printed asks and complete working compared with both source copies. No printed marks or past-paper attribution. Domain explanations independently authored where the source leaves them implicit.

Read the hint