How to solve the equation with square roots

In summary: If I am not using the correct rule, then I will get an incorrect answer. In summary, the equation is y=5x^2\sqrt{2x^3}{\frac{15x^7}{\sqrt{x}}}.
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Homework Statement


I am having trouble to find out what rule to use when solving this equation:
y=5x^2 square root of (2x^3)/15x^7 square root x

How do you right square roots on the keyboard. As you can see I am quit new to this forum


Homework Equations


I have tried to use the chain rule and the quotiant rule. But when I use a different rule I get a different answer.



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Is this the correct equation? (you can see the markup by quoting me)

[tex]y=5x^2 \sqrt{\frac{2x^3}{15x^7}\sqrt{x}}[/tex]
 
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No
I think it is [tex]y=5x^2 {sqrt{2x^3}}\15x^7{sqrt{x}}[/tex]
 
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This is what I mean sorry for that

[tex]y=5x^2\sqrt{2x^3}{frac{15x^7}\sqrt{x}} tex][/QUOTE]
 
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a1dogtraining said:
[tex]y=5x^2\sqrt{2x^3}{\frac{15x^7}{\sqrt{x}} [/tex]

You can differentiate x to a fractional powers the same way you can differentiate x to an integral power. Try simplifying it first.
 
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Thanks anyway I cann't get the question right. The 5x^2 and sqrt(2x^3) are on the top
and 15x^7 and sqrt(x) are on the bottom. let's try that.
 
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So
[tex]\frac{5x^2\sqrt{2x^3}}{15x^7\sqrt{x}}[/tex]?
As qntty suggested, you can write the square root as a fractional power: [itex]\sqrt{x}= x^{1/2}[/itex].

Your expression is
[tex]\frac{5\sqrt{2}x^2x^{3/2}}{15x^7x^{1/2}}= \frac{5\sqrt{2}x^{2+3/2}}{15x^{7+ 1/2}}= \frac{5\sqrt{2}x^{7/2}}{15x^{15/2}}[/tex]
[tex]= \frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}x^{7/2}x^{-15/2}= \frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}x^{-4}[/tex]
That should be easy to differentiate.
 
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Thank you very much. Can you just tell me what rule you used, so I can apply it to other equations.
 
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I used a number of "rules". I used the fact that [itex]\sqrt{x}= x^{1/2}[/itex], I used the laws of exponents to reduce the problem to a single power of x, and I used the power rule to differentiate.
 

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