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 - 3.4 Activities - Page 224: 18

Answer

inside: $g(x)= \ln 6x$ outside: $f(g)=g^{2}$ derivative: $f^{\prime}(x)=\dfrac{2\ln 6 x}{ x}$

Work Step by Step

Given $$f(x)=(\ln 6 x)^{2}$$ Use the chain rule to take the derivative $$ \frac{d f(g(x))}{d x}=f^{\prime}(g(x)) g^{\prime}(x) $$ Here $g(x)=\ln 6 x$ and $f(g)=g^{2},$ then \begin{align*} f^{\prime}(x) &=\left(g^{2}(x)\right)^{\prime} \\ &=2 g (x) g^{\prime}(x) \\ &=2\left(\ln 6 x\right)\frac{6}{6x}\\ &=\frac{2\ln 6 x}{ x} \end{align*}
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