3.9 E: Derivatives Ln, etc. Exercises
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3.9: Derivatives of Ln, General Exponent & Log Functions; and Logarithmic Differentiation
Exercise:
For the following exercises, find \(f′(x)\) for each function.
333) \(f(x)=e^{x^3\ln x}\)
- Answer:
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\(e^{x^3}\ln x(3x^2\ln x+x^2)\)
336) \(f(x)=\frac{10^x}{\ln10}\)
337) \(f(x)=2^{4x}+4x^2\)
- Answer:
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\(2^{4x+2}⋅\ln 2+8x\)
338) \(f(x)=3^{\sin(3x)}\)
339) \(f(x)=x^π⋅π^x\)
- Answer:
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\(πx^{π−1}⋅π^x+x^π⋅π^x\ln π\)
340) \(f(x)=\ln(4x^3+x)\)
341) \(f(x)=\ln\sqrt{5x−7}\)
- Answer:
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\(\frac{5}{2(5x−7)}\)
342) \(f(x)=x^2\ln(9x)\)
343) \(f(x)=log(\sec x)\)
- Answer:
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\(\frac{\tan x}{\ln10}\)
344) \(f(x)=log_7(6x^4+3)^5\)
345) \(f(x)=2^x⋅log_37^{x^2−4}\)
- Answer:
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\(2^x⋅\ln 2⋅log_37^{x^2−4}+2^x⋅\frac{2x\ln 7}{\ln 3}\)
For the following exercises, use logarithmic differentiation to find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\).
346) \(y=x^{\sqrt{x}}\)
347) \(y=(\sin(2x))^{4x}\)
- Answer:
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\((\sin(2x))^{4x}[4⋅ln(\sin(2x))+8x⋅\cot(2x)]\)
348) \(y=(\ln x)^{\ln x}\)
349) \(y=x^{log_2x}\)
- Answer:
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\(x^{log_2x}⋅\frac{2\ln x}{x\ln 2}\)
350) \(y=(x^2−1)^{\ln x}\)
351) \(y=x^{\cot x}\)
- Answer:
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\(x^{\cot x}⋅[−\csc^2x⋅lnx+\frac{\cot x}{x}]\)
352) \(y=\frac{x+11}{\sqrt[3]{x^2−4}}\)
353) \(y=x^{−1/2}(x^2+3)^{2/3}(3x−4)^4\)
- Answer:
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\(x^{−1/2}(x^2+3)^{2/3}(3x−4)^4⋅[\frac{−1}{2x}+\frac{4x}{3(x^2+3)}+\frac{12}{3x−4}]\)
354) [T] Find an equation of the tangent line to the graph of \(f(x)=4xe^{(x^2−1)}\) at the point where
\(x=−1.\) Graph both the function and the tangent line.
355) [T] Find the equation of the line that is normal to the graph of \(f(x)=x⋅5^x\) at the point where \(x=1\). Graph both the function and the normal line.
- Answer:
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\(y=\frac{−1}{5+5\ln 5}x+(5+\frac{1}{5+5\ln 5})\)

356) [T] Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of \(x^3−x\ln y+y^3=2x+5\) at the point where \(x=2\). (Hint: Use implicit differentiation to find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\).) Graph both the curve and the tangent line.
J357)
use the graph of \(y=f(x)\) (shown below) to
a. sketch the graph of \(y=f^{−1}(x)\), and
b. use part a. to estimate \((f^{−1})′(1)\).
- Answer:
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a.
b. \((f^{−1})′(1)~2\)
For the next set of exercises, find \(\frac{dy}{dx}\). [Hint: first take the ln of both sides.]
J358) \(y=\frac{(2x^3−15x)\sqrt{6x^{4}+7}}{3x^2−x+3}\)
J359) \(y={30x^4}\sqrt{17x+2}{(\sin(x))}\)
J360) \(y={e^{5x}}{(3x-1)^\frac{2}{3}}{(8^{3x})}\)

