Find the Second Derivative Of $f ( x ) = \frac { 1 } { 3 } x ^ { 3 / 2 } - \frac { 4 } { 3 } x ^ { 1 / 4 } + 5 x - 2$

question 20

Multiple Choice

Find the second derivative of $f ( x ) = \frac { 1 } { 3 } x ^ { 3 / 2 } - \frac { 4 } { 3 } x ^ { 1 / 4 } + 5 x - 2$

• A) \(\frac { 1 } { 4 }\) \(x - 1 / 2\) + \(\frac { 1 } { 4 }\) \(x _ { } ^ { 7 / 4 }\)
• B) \(\frac { 1 } { 4 }\) \(x - 1 / 2\) - \(\frac { 1 } { 4 }\) \(x ^ { - 7 / 4 }\)
• C) \(\frac { 2 } { 9 }\) \(\times 1 / 2\) - \(\frac { 16 } { 3 }\) \(x - 3 / 4\) + 5
• D) \(\times 1 / 2\) + \(\frac { 4 } { 9 }\) \(x ^ { - 7 / 4 }\)
• E) \(\frac { 1 } { 2 }\) \(\times 1 / 2\) - \(\frac { 1 } { 3 }\) \(x - 3 / 4\) + 5

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