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describe all x values at which f is differentiable?

f(x)=I x^2-9 I

 Mar 1, 2016
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f(x)=I x^2-9 I   can be written as

 

f(x)  =  [ ( x^2 - 9)^2 ]^(1/2)

 

So....using the Chain Rule twice, we have :

 

f ' (x)  =  (1/2) [ (x^2 - 9)^2] ^(-1/2) [ 2 (x^2 - 9) *2x]  =

 

2x [ x^2 - 9] / [(x^2 - 9)^2] ^(1/2)   =

 

2x[x^2 - 9] /  l x^2 - 9 l

 

Note that if x = -3   or if x = 3, the derivative is undefined, because we can't divide by 0

 

Notice the "sharp points" at x = -3 and x = 3  on the graph :  https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ee9uapzsmi

 

The derivative is undefined at these points.......so.......this funnction is differentiable at all x except at x = -3  and x = 3

 

 

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 Mar 1, 2016

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