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$\\simplify[std]{f(x) = sqrt({a} * x^{m}+{b})}$
The chain rule says that if $f(x)=g(h(x))$ then
\\[\\simplify[std]{f'(x) = h'(x)g'(h(x))}\\]
One way to find $f'(x)$ is to let $u=h(x)$ then we have $f(u)=g(u)$ as a function of $u$.
Then we use the chain rule in the form:
\\[\\frac{df}{dx} = \\frac{du}{dx}\\frac{df(u)}{du}\\]
Once you have worked this out, you replace $u$ by $h(x)$ and your answer is now in terms of $x$.

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For this example, we let $u=\\simplify[std]{{a} * x^{m}+{b}}$ and we have $f(u)=\\simplify[std]{sqrt(u)=u^{1/2}}$.
This gives
\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}\\frac{du}{dx} &=& \\simplify[std]{{m*a}x ^ {m -1}}\\\\\n\t \n\t \\frac{df(u)}{du} &=& \\simplify[std]{{1/2}*u^{-1/2}=1/(2*sqrt(u))} \\end{eqnarray*}\\]

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Hence on substituting into the chain rule above we get:

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\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}\\frac{df}{dx} &=& \\simplify[std]{{m*a}x ^ {m-1} * (1/(2*sqrt(u)))}\\\\\n\t \n\t &=&\\simplify[std]{{m*a}x^{m-1}/(2*sqrt(u))}\\\\\n\t \n\t &=& \\simplify[std]{({a*m}x ^ {m-1})/(2*sqrt({a} * x^{m}+{b}))}\n\t \n\t \\end{eqnarray*}\\]
on replacing $u$ by $\\simplify[std]{{a}x^{m}+{b}}$.

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\\[\\simplify[std]{f(x) = sqrt({a} * x^{m}+{b})}\\]

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One way to find $f'(x)$ is to let $u=h(x)$ then we have $f(u)=g(u)$ as a function of $u$.
Then we use the chain rule in the form:
\\[\\frac{df}{dx} = \\frac{du}{dx}\\frac{df}{du}\\]
Once you have worked this out, you replace $u$ by $h(x)$ and your answer is now in terms of $x$.

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