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 4 - Analyzing Change: Applications of Derivatives - 4.4 Activities - Page 281: 13

Answer

$$\eqalign{ & g'\left( t \right) = 37\left( {\ln 1.05} \right)\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right) \cr & g''\left( t \right) = 37\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right){\left( {\ln 1.05} \right)^2} \cr} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & g\left( t \right) = 37\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right) \cr & {\text{Differentiate}} \cr & g'\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left( {37\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right)} \right) \cr & g'\left( t \right) = 37\frac{d}{{dt}}\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right) \cr & {\text{compute the derivative by the formula }}\left( {{a^t}} \right)' = {a^t}\ln a \cr & g'\left( t \right) = 37\left( {{{1.05}^t}\ln 1.05} \right) \cr & g'\left( t \right) = 37\left( {\ln 1.05} \right)\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right) \cr & \cr & {\text{Differentiate to find the second derivative}} \cr & g''\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left( {37\left( {\ln 1.05} \right)\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right)} \right) \cr & g''\left( t \right) = 37\left( {\ln 1.05} \right)\frac{d}{{dt}}\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right) \cr & g''\left( t \right) = 37\left( {\ln 1.05} \right)\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right)\left( {\ln 1.05} \right) \cr & g''\left( t \right) = 37\left( {{{1.05}^t}} \right){\left( {\ln 1.05} \right)^2} \cr} $$
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