Solve (16x^4/x^6)^frac{3{2}}=

$$( \frac { 16 x ^ { 4 } } { x ^ { 6 } } ) ^ { \frac { 3 } { 2 } } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{64}{\left(|x|\right)^{3}}$$

Solution Steps

Cancel out x^{4} in both numerator and denominator.

$$\left(\frac{16}{x^{2}}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}$$

To raise \frac{16}{x^{2}} to a power, raise both numerator and denominator to the power and then divide.

$$\frac{16^{\frac{3}{2}}}{\left(x^{2}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}}}$$

To raise a power to another power, multiply the exponents. Multiply 2 and \frac{3}{2} to get 3.

$$\frac{16^{\frac{3}{2}}}{x^{3}}$$

Calculate 16 to the power of \frac{3}{2} and get 64.

$$\frac{64}{x^{3}}$$

Differentiate w.r.t. x

$$-\frac{192|x|}{x^{5}}$$

Steps Using Chain Rule

If F is the composition of two differentiable functions f\left(u\right) and u=g\left(x\right), that is, if F\left(x\right)=f\left(g\left(x\right)\right), then the derivative of F is the derivative of f with respect to u times the derivative of g with respect to x, that is, \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(F)\left(x\right)=\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(f)\left(g\left(x\right)\right)\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(g)\left(x\right).

$$\frac{3}{2}\times \left(\frac{16x^{4}}{x^{6}}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}-1}\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(\frac{16x^{4}}{x^{6}})$$

For any two differentiable functions, the derivative of the quotient of two functions is the denominator times the derivative of the numerator minus the numerator times the derivative of the denominator, all divided by the denominator squared.

$$\frac{\frac{3}{2}\times \left(\frac{16x^{4}}{x^{6}}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}-1}\left(x^{6}\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(16x^{4})-16x^{4}\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(x^{6})\right)}{\left(x^{6}\right)^{2}}$$

The derivative of a polynomial is the sum of the derivatives of its terms. The derivative of a constant term is 0. The derivative of ax^{n} is nax^{n-1}.

$$\frac{\frac{3}{2}\times \left(\frac{16x^{4}}{x^{6}}\right)^{\frac{3}{2}-1}\left(x^{6}\times 4\times 16x^{4-1}-16x^{4}\times 6x^{6-1}\right)}{\left(x^{6}\right)^{2}}$$

Multiply x^{6} times 4\times 16x^{4-1}.

$$\frac{\frac{3}{2}\sqrt{\frac{16x^{4}}{x^{6}}}\left(64x^{6}x^{3}-16x^{4}\times 6x^{6-1}\right)}{\left(x^{6}\right)^{2}}$$

Multiply 16x^{4} times 6x^{6-1}.

$$\frac{\frac{3}{2}\sqrt{\frac{16x^{4}}{x^{6}}}\left(64x^{9}-96x^{4}x^{5}\right)}{\left(x^{6}\right)^{2}}$$

Simplify.

$$\frac{\frac{3}{2}\sqrt{\frac{16x^{4}}{x^{6}}}\left(64x^{9}-96x^{9}\right)}{\left(x^{6}\right)^{2}}$$