Homework Problem Solution

3.6
8.
f (x) = log5 (xex ) = log5 x + log5 (ex ) =
f 0 (x) =

ln x
+ x log5 e
ln 5

1 1
1 1
+ log5 e =
( + 1)
ln 5 x
ln 5 x

19.
f (x) = ln(ex (1 + x)) = x + ln(1 + x)
1
x
f 0 (x) = 1 +
=
1+x
1+x

25.
1
1
x

(1 +
) = (1 + x2 ) 2
x + 1 + x2
1 + x2
3
3
1
y 00 = (1 + x2 ) 2 2x = x(1 + x2 ) 2
2

y0 =

26.
1
(sec x tan x + sec2 x) = sec x
sec x + tan x
y 00 = sec x tan x
y0 =

38.
1
6x
2
ln a 3x 2
1
6
6
f 0 (1) =
=
,3
ln a 3 2
ln a
ln a = 2 a = e2
f 0 (x) =

40.
ln y =

1
ln x + x2 + 10 ln(x2 + 1)
2

Differentiating with respect to x gives

y0
1
20x
=
+ 2x + 2
y
2x
x +1
2
1
20x
1
20x
y 0 = y( + 2x + 2
) = xex (x2 + 1)10 ( + 2x + 2
)
2x
x +1
2x
x +1

51.
1
2x
2y
(2x + 2yy 0 ) = 2
+ 2
y0
2
2
2
+y
x +y
x +y
2x
y0 = 2
x + x2 2y
y0 =

x2

52. xy = y x y ln x = x ln y
Differentiating both sides with respect to x:
1
y0
= 1 ln y + x
x
y
x
y
y 0 (ln x ) = ln y
y
x
y
ln y x
y0 =
ln x xy

y 0 ln x + y

54. y = x8 ln x
d9
d8 dy
y
=
( )
dx9
dx8 dx
d8
= 8 (8x7 ln x + x7 )
dx
d8
d8
= 8 (8x7 ln x) since 8 (x7 ) = 0.
dx
dx
2

With this idea, we have

d8
8!
d7
d
0
7
6
(8!x
ln
x)
=
(8x
ln
x)
=
(8

7x
ln
x)
=

=
dx8
dx7
dx
x

56.
Let m = n/x, then n = xm and m as n .
Therefore,
lim (1 +

x n
1
1
) = lim (1 + )mx = [ lim (1 + )m ]x = ex by equation 6.
m
m
n
m
m