SOLUTION: If f(x) =1/(x^5 - 8x+7)^6 find f'(x)

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Question 1180828: If f(x) =1/(x^5 - 8x+7)^6 find f'(x)
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Writing it like this:


You can use the chain rule. Sometimes this is remembered as "the derivative of the outside times the derivative of the inside", but more formally (f o g)' = (f' o g)*g':

f'(x) =

f'(x) =

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