Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 11 - Review - Review Exercises - Page 856: 40

Answer

$$\dfrac{dy}{dx}=(x^{x-1} 3^x)[ \dfrac{(x-1)}{x}+\dfrac{\ln x}{x-1}+\ln (3)]$$

Work Step by Step

We have: $y=x^{x-1} 3^x$ or, $\ln y=\ln [x^{x-1} 3^x]$ We differentiate both sides with respect to $x$. $\ln (y) =(x-1) \ln x +x\ln (3) $ This implies that $\dfrac{1}{y}\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{(x-1)}{x}+\dfrac{\ln x}{x-1}+\ln (3)$ Therefore, $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=y \times \dfrac{(x-1)}{x}+\dfrac{\ln x}{x-1}+\ln (3)\\ \dfrac{dy}{dx}=(x^{x-1} 3^x)[ \dfrac{(x-1)}{x}+\dfrac{\ln x}{x-1}+\ln (3)]$
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