Find derivative of $\sqrt[3]{\frac{x^2}{x+1}}$

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I should find the derivative of $$ \sqrt[3]{\frac{x^2}{x+1}} $$
I know how to deal with general derivatives (patterns for fractions or composition) but I don't know (and it wasn't on my exercises) how to deal with derivative of for example
$$ (x+1)^{1/3} $$
I saw on that forum that in some cases people use inequalities but I think that there is a more general approach…

Best Answer

This is a typical case for using the logarithmic derivative. Denoting this function as $f(x)$, we have: $$\frac{f'(x)}{f(x)}=\frac13\Bigl(2\cdot\frac 1x-\frac1{x+1}\Bigr)=\frac 13\frac{x+2}{x(x+1)}, $$

and therefore $$f'(x)=\frac 13\frac{x+2}{x(x+1)}\biggl(\frac{x^2}{x+1}\biggr)^{\mkern-6mu\frac 13} = \frac{x+2}{3(x+1)\sqrt[3]{x(x+1)}} $$

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