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sqrt(x-1)/(sqrt(x^2-x)-1)

Derivative of sqrt(x-1)/(sqrt(x^2-x)-1)

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$$\frac{\sqrt{x - 1}}{\sqrt{x^{2} - x} - 1}$$
sqrt(x - 1)/(sqrt(x^2 - x) - 1)
Detail solution
  1. Apply the quotient rule, which is:

    and .

    To find :

    1. Let .

    2. Apply the power rule: goes to

    3. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by :

      1. Differentiate term by term:

        1. The derivative of the constant is zero.

        2. Apply the power rule: goes to

        The result is:

      The result of the chain rule is:

    To find :

    1. Differentiate term by term:

      1. The derivative of the constant is zero.

      2. Let .

      3. Apply the power rule: goes to

      4. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by :

        1. Differentiate term by term:

          1. Apply the power rule: goes to

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

            1. Apply the power rule: goes to

            So, the result is:

          The result is:

        The result of the chain rule is:

      The result is:

    Now plug in to the quotient rule:

  2. Now simplify:


The answer is:

The graph
The first derivative [src]
                                       _______                
              1                      \/ x - 1 *(-1/2 + x)     
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            /   ________    \                                2
    _______ |  /  2         |      ________ /   ________    \ 
2*\/ x - 1 *\\/  x  - x  - 1/     /  2      |  /  2         | 
                                \/  x  - x *\\/  x  - x  - 1/ 
$$- \frac{\sqrt{x - 1} \left(x - \frac{1}{2}\right)}{\sqrt{x^{2} - x} \left(\sqrt{x^{2} - x} - 1\right)^{2}} + \frac{1}{2 \sqrt{x - 1} \left(\sqrt{x^{2} - x} - 1\right)}$$
The second derivative [src]
                           /                               2                          2          \                                                  
                  ________ |        4            (-1 + 2*x)               2*(-1 + 2*x)           |                                                  
                \/ -1 + x *|- -------------- + --------------- + --------------------------------|                                                  
                           |    ____________               3/2              /       ____________\|                                                  
       1                   \  \/ x*(-1 + x)    (x*(-1 + x))      x*(-1 + x)*\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) //                     2*(-1 + 2*x)                 
- ----------- + ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -----------------------------------------------
          3/2                                         ____________                                     ____________   ________ /       ____________\
  (-1 + x)                                     -1 + \/ x*(-1 + x)                                    \/ x*(-1 + x) *\/ -1 + x *\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /
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                                                              4*\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /                                                               
$$\frac{\frac{\sqrt{x - 1} \left(- \frac{4}{\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{\left(2 x - 1\right)^{2}}{\left(x \left(x - 1\right)\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}} + \frac{2 \left(2 x - 1\right)^{2}}{x \left(x - 1\right) \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)}\right)}{\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1} - \frac{1}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}} - \frac{2 \left(2 x - 1\right)}{\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} \sqrt{x - 1} \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)}}{4 \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)}$$
The third derivative [src]
  /                                                                                                                                                               /                                2                                                                2                                      2           \\
  |                                             2                          2                                                                  ________            |         4            (-1 + 2*x)                     8                               2*(-1 + 2*x)                           2*(-1 + 2*x)            ||
  |                      4            (-1 + 2*x)               2*(-1 + 2*x)                                                                 \/ -1 + x *(-1 + 2*x)*|- --------------- + --------------- - -------------------------------- + -------------------------------------- + ----------------------------------||
  |              - -------------- + --------------- + --------------------------------                                                                            |              3/2               5/2              /       ____________\                                        2    2         2 /       ____________\||
  |                  ____________               3/2              /       ____________\                                                                            |  (x*(-1 + x))      (x*(-1 + x))      x*(-1 + x)*\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /               3/2 /       ____________\    x *(-1 + x) *\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /||
  |     1          \/ x*(-1 + x)    (x*(-1 + x))      x*(-1 + x)*\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /                       -1 + 2*x                                             \                                                                         (x*(-1 + x))   *\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /                                      /|
3*|----------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + ------------------------------------------------ - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  |        5/2                        ________ /       ____________\                       ____________         3/2 /       ____________\                                                                                      ____________                                                                             |
  \(-1 + x)                         \/ -1 + x *\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /                     \/ x*(-1 + x) *(-1 + x)   *\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /                                                                               -1 + \/ x*(-1 + x)                                                                              /
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                                                                                                                                                 8*\-1 + \/ x*(-1 + x) /                                                                                                                                                 
$$\frac{3 \left(- \frac{\sqrt{x - 1} \left(2 x - 1\right) \left(\frac{2 \left(2 x - 1\right)^{2}}{\left(x \left(x - 1\right)\right)^{\frac{3}{2}} \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)^{2}} - \frac{4}{\left(x \left(x - 1\right)\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}} + \frac{\left(2 x - 1\right)^{2}}{\left(x \left(x - 1\right)\right)^{\frac{5}{2}}} - \frac{8}{x \left(x - 1\right) \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)} + \frac{2 \left(2 x - 1\right)^{2}}{x^{2} \left(x - 1\right)^{2} \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)}\right)}{\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1} + \frac{- \frac{4}{\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)}} + \frac{\left(2 x - 1\right)^{2}}{\left(x \left(x - 1\right)\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}} + \frac{2 \left(2 x - 1\right)^{2}}{x \left(x - 1\right) \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)}}{\sqrt{x - 1} \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)} + \frac{1}{\left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{5}{2}}} + \frac{2 x - 1}{\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} \left(x - 1\right)^{\frac{3}{2}} \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)}\right)}{8 \left(\sqrt{x \left(x - 1\right)} - 1\right)}$$
The graph
Derivative of sqrt(x-1)/(sqrt(x^2-x)-1)