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Wang Fang tried to find the derivative of x53x+9\frac{x^{5}}{3 x+9}. Here is her work:

Step 1: This is the quotient of x5x^{5} and 3x+93 x+9. So we should use the quotient rule.

Step 2:

ddx[x53x+9]=ddx[x5]ddx[3x+9]\frac{d}{d x}[\frac{x^{5}}{3 x+9}]=\frac{\frac{d}{d x}[x^{5}]}{\frac{d}{d x}[3 x+9]}

Step 3: Finding the derivatives of the factors:

ddx[x5]=5x4\frac{d}{d x}[x^{5}]=5 x^{4}

ddx[3x+9]=3\frac{d}{d x}[3 x+9]=3

Step 4: Putting it all together:

ddx[x53x+9]=ddx[x5]ddx[3x+9]=5x43\frac{d}{d x}[\frac{x^{5}}{3 x+9}]=\frac{\frac{d}{d x}[x^{5}]}{\frac{d}{d x}[3 x+9]}=\frac{5 x^{4}}{3}

Is Wang Fang’s work correct? If not, what’s her mistake?

Select all that apply :

Step 2 is incorrect. He did not state the correct quotient rule.

Step 1 is incorrect. He should have used a different rule and not the quotient rule.

His work is correct.

Step 3 is incorrect. He did not difterentiate 3x+93 x+9 correctly.

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