Solve (25m^16)^frac{1{2}}

$$( 25 m ^ { 16 } ) ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } }$$

Evaluate

$$5m^{8}$$

Solution Steps

Expand \left(25m^{16}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}.

$$25^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(m^{16}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}$$

To raise a power to another power, multiply the exponents. Multiply 16 and \frac{1}{2} to get 8.

$$25^{\frac{1}{2}}m^{8}$$

Calculate 25 to the power of \frac{1}{2} and get 5.

$$5m^{8}$$

Differentiate w.r.t. m

$$40m^{7}$$

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).

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \left(25m^{16}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}-1}\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}m}(25m^{16})$$

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}.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \left(25m^{16}\right)^{-\frac{1}{2}}\times 16\times 25m^{16-1}$$

Simplify.

$$200m^{15}\times \left(25m^{16}\right)^{-\frac{1}{2}}$$