Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 3 - Determining Change: Derivatives - 3.6 Activities - Page 237: 12

Answer

$$f'\left( x \right) = {e^{15.7{x^3}}}\left( {\frac{1}{x} + 15.7{x^2}\ln \left( {15.7{x^3}} \right)} \right)$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = \left[ {\ln \left( {15.7{x^3}} \right)} \right]\left( {{e^{15.7{x^3}}}} \right) \cr & {\text{calculate the derivative of the function}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\left[ {\ln \left( {15.7{x^3}} \right)} \right]\left( {{e^{15.7{x^3}}}} \right)} \right) \cr & {\text{use product rule}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \left( {{e^{15.7{x^3}}}} \right)\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\left[ {\ln \left( {15.7{x^3}} \right)} \right]} \right) + \left( {\left[ {\ln \left( {15.7{x^3}} \right)} \right]} \right)\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {{e^{15.7{x^3}}}} \right) \cr & {\text{compute derivatives}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \left( {{e^{15.7{x^3}}}} \right)\left( {\frac{{15.7\left( {3{x^2}} \right)}}{{15.7{x^3}}}} \right) + \ln \left( {15.7{x^3}} \right)\left( {15.7} \right)\left( {3{x^2}} \right)\left( {{e^{15.7{x^3}}}} \right) \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \left( {{e^{15.7{x^3}}}} \right)\left( {\frac{3}{x}} \right) + 15.7\ln \left( {15.7{x^3}} \right)\left( {3{x^2}} \right)\left( {{e^{15.7{x^3}}}} \right) \cr & {\text{factor out 3}}{e^{15.7{x^3}}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = {e^{15.7{x^3}}}\left( {\frac{1}{x} + 15.7{x^2}\ln \left( {15.7{x^3}} \right)} \right) \cr} $$
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