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The derivative of the function/ √(a^2-x^2)

Derivative of √(a^2-x^2)

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a2−x2\sqrt{a^{2} - x^{2}} 
sqrt(a^2 - x^2)
Detail solution

  1. Let u=a2−x2u = a^{2} - x^{2}.

  2. Apply the power rule: u\sqrt{u} goes to 12u\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{u}}

  3. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by ∂∂x(a2−x2)\frac{\partial}{\partial x} \left(a^{2} - x^{2}\right):

    1. Differentiate a2−x2a^{2} - x^{2} term by term:

      1. The derivative of the constant a2a^{2} is zero.

      2. The derivative of a constant times a function is the constant times the derivative of the function.

        1. Apply the power rule: x2x^{2} goes to 2x2 x

        So, the result is: −2x- 2 x

      The result is: −2x- 2 x

    The result of the chain rule is:

    −xa2−x2- \frac{x}{\sqrt{a^{2} - x^{2}}}

The answer is:

−xa2−x2- \frac{x}{\sqrt{a^{2} - x^{2}}}

The first derivative [src] 
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\/  a  - x
−xa2−x2- \frac{x}{\sqrt{a^{2} - x^{2}}}
Simplify
The second derivative [src] 
 /        2  \ 
 |       x   | 
-|1 + -------| 
 |     2    2| 
 \    a  - x / 
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−x2a2−x2+1a2−x2- \frac{\frac{x^{2}}{a^{2} - x^{2}} + 1}{\sqrt{a^{2} - x^{2}}}
Simplify
The third derivative [src] 
     /        2  \
     |       x   |
-3*x*|1 + -------|
     |     2    2|
     \    a  - x /
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−3x(x2a2−x2+1)(a2−x2)32- \frac{3 x \left(\frac{x^{2}}{a^{2} - x^{2}} + 1\right)}{\left(a^{2} - x^{2}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}}
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