College Algebra (10th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter R - Section R.8 - nth Roots; Rational Exponents - R.8 Assess Your Understanding - Page 79: 89

Answer

$\displaystyle \frac{2x^{3}+2x+x^{3}}{(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}}$

Work Step by Step

$2x(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}+x^{2}\displaystyle \cdot\frac{1}{2}(x^{2}+1)^{-1/2}\cdot 2x$ = ... rewrite the second term moving $x^{2}+1$ into the denominator $=2x(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}+\displaystyle \frac{x^{3}}{(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}}$ ... rewrite, with the first term being a fraction with the common denominator $=\displaystyle \frac{2x(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}\cdot(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}+x^{3}}{(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}}$ ... apply $a^{m}\cdot a^{n}=a^{m+n}$ to the first term of the numerator $=\displaystyle \frac{2x(x^{2}+1)^{1/2+1/2}+x^{3}}{(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{2x(x^{2}+1)^{1}+x^{3}}{(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}}$ ... distribute, $=\displaystyle \frac{2x^{3}+2x+x^{3}}{(x^{2}+1)^{1/2}}$ ... all exponents are positive
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