Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 3 - Review - Exercises - Page 267: 55

Answer

If $f(x) = xe^x,~~$ then $~~f^{(n)}(x) = (x+n)e^x$

Work Step by Step

$f(x) = xe^x$ $f'(x) = e^x+xe^x = (x+1)e^x$ The statement is true for $n=1$ Suppose that $f^{(k)} = (x+k)e^x$ We can find $f^{(k+1)}$: $f^{(k+1)} = e^x+(x+k)e^x = (x+k+1)e^x$ The statement is true for $n = k+1$ Therefore, by induction, the statement is true for all positive integers. If $f(x) = xe^x,~~$ then $~~f^{(n)}(x) = (x+n)e^x$
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