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: 18

Answer

$$\eqalign{ & L'\left( t \right) = - \frac{{199.2{e^{ - 0.02t}}}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & L''\left( t \right) = \left( {\frac{{3.984 + 88.8384{e^{ - 0.02t}}}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^3}}}} \right){e^{ - 0.02t}} \cr} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & L\left( t \right) = \frac{{100}}{{1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}}} \cr & {\text{Differentiate}} \cr & L'\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left( {\frac{{100}}{{1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}}}} \right) \cr & {\text{use the quotient rule}} \cr & L'\left( t \right) = \frac{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( {100} \right)' - 100\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)'}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & L'\left( t \right) = \frac{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( 0 \right) - 100\left( {99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( { - 0.02t} \right)}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & L'\left( t \right) = - \frac{{199.2{e^{ - 0.02t}}}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Differentiate to find the second derivative}} \cr & L''\left( t \right) = - \frac{d}{{dt}}\left( {\frac{{199.2{e^{ - 0.02t}}}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^2}}}} \right) \cr & {\text{use the quotient rule}} \cr & L''\left( t \right) = - \frac{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^2}\left( {199.2{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)' - \left( {199.2{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( {{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^2}} \right)'}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^4}}} \cr & = - \frac{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^2}\left( { - 3.984{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right) - \left( {199.2{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( {2\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)} \right)\left( {{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( { - 0.02} \right)}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^4}}} \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & = - \frac{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( { - 3.984{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right) - \left( {199.2{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( 2 \right)\left( {{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)\left( { - 0.02} \right)}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^3}}} \cr & L''\left( t \right) = - \left( {\frac{{ - 3.984 - 396.8064{e^{ - 0.02t}} + 7.968{e^{ - 0.02t}}}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^3}}}} \right){e^{ - 0.02t}} \cr & L''\left( t \right) = - \left( {\frac{{ - 3.984 - 88.8384{e^{ - 0.02t}}}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^3}}}} \right){e^{ - 0.02t}} \cr & L''\left( t \right) = \left( {\frac{{3.984 + 88.8384{e^{ - 0.02t}}}}{{{{\left( {1 + 99.6{e^{ - 0.02t}}} \right)}^3}}}} \right){e^{ - 0.02t}} \cr} $$
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