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

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 2    
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x2−1x\frac{x^{2} - 1}{x} 
(x^2 - 1)/x
Detail solution

  1. Apply the quotient rule, which is:

    ddxf(x)g(x)=−f(x)ddxg(x)+g(x)ddxf(x)g2(x)\frac{d}{d x} \frac{f{\left(x \right)}}{g{\left(x \right)}} = \frac{- f{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)} + g{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}}{g^{2}{\left(x \right)}}

    f(x)=x2−1f{\left(x \right)} = x^{2} - 1 and g(x)=xg{\left(x \right)} = x.

    To find ddxf(x)\frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}:

    1. Differentiate x2−1x^{2} - 1 term by term:

      1. The derivative of the constant −1-1 is zero.

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

      The result is: 2x2 x

    To find ddxg(x)\frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)}:

    1. Apply the power rule: xx goes to 11

    Now plug in to the quotient rule:

    x2+1x2\frac{x^{2} + 1}{x^{2}}

  2. Now simplify:

    1+1x21 + \frac{1}{x^{2}}

The answer is:

1+1x21 + \frac{1}{x^{2}}

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The first derivative [src] 
     2    
    x  - 1
2 - ------
       2  
      x
2−x2−1x22 - \frac{x^{2} - 1}{x^{2}}
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The second derivative [src] 
  /           2\
  |     -1 + x |
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  |         2  |
  \        x   /
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       x
2(−1+x2−1x2)x\frac{2 \left(-1 + \frac{x^{2} - 1}{x^{2}}\right)}{x}
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The third derivative [src] 
  /          2\
  |    -1 + x |
6*|1 - -------|
  |        2  |
  \       x   /
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        2      
       x
6(1−x2−1x2)x2\frac{6 \left(1 - \frac{x^{2} - 1}{x^{2}}\right)}{x^{2}}
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Derivative of (x^2-1)/x
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