DERIVATIVES

Derivative of the Exponential Function:

𝒙
The derivative of 𝐲 = 𝒆 is

𝐝𝐲 𝐝 𝐱 𝐱 𝐝𝐱 𝐱
= (𝐞 ) = 𝐞 =𝐞
𝐝𝐱 𝐝𝐱 𝐝𝐱
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If 𝐮 is any function of 𝐱, it follows also that

𝐝 𝐮 𝐮 𝐝𝐮
𝐞 = 𝐞 𝐝𝐱
𝐝𝐱
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EXAMPLES: 𝐮
𝟑𝐱
1. Differentiate 𝐲 = 𝐞 .
𝐝 𝐮 𝐮
𝐝𝐮
𝐮 = 𝟑𝐱 𝐝𝐮 𝐞 =𝐞
=𝟑 𝐝𝐱 𝐝𝐱
𝐝𝐱
′ 𝟑𝐱 𝟑𝐱
𝐲 = 𝐞 (𝟑) = 𝟑𝐞 ans.
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𝟒𝐱
2. Differentiate 𝐲 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐞 .
′ 𝟒𝐱 • 𝟒𝐱
𝐲 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐞 𝐞 •𝟒
′ 𝟒𝐱 𝟒𝐱
𝐲 = 𝟒𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐞 ans.
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𝟕𝐱 𝟐
3. Differentiate 𝐲 = 𝐥𝐧 𝐞 . 𝐮
DERIVATIVE OF LOGARITHM 𝟕𝐱 𝟐
𝐮=𝐞
𝐝𝐮
𝐝 𝐝𝐮 𝟐
𝐥𝐧 𝐮 = 𝐝𝐱 =𝐞 𝟕𝐱 • 𝟕 𝟐 𝐱
𝐝𝐱 𝐮 𝐝𝐱
𝟕𝐱 𝟐
= 𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐞
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𝟕𝐱 𝟐
′
𝟏𝟒𝐱𝐞
𝐲 = 𝟕𝐱 𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒𝐱
𝐞
′ 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞:
𝐲 = 𝟏𝟒𝐱 ANS. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨
𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦
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𝟐𝐱 𝟑
4. Differentiate 𝐲 = 𝐱𝐞 .
𝟐𝐱 𝟑
𝐮=𝐱 𝐯=𝐞
𝟐𝐱 𝟑
𝐝𝐮 = 𝟏 𝐝𝐯 = 𝐞 •𝟐 𝟑 𝐱
𝟐𝐱 𝟑
= 𝟔𝐱𝐞
Product Rule: d(uv) = udv + vdu
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′
𝐲 = 𝐱 (𝟔𝐱𝐞 𝟐𝐱 𝟑 𝟐𝐱 𝟑
)+ 𝐞 (𝟏)
′ 𝟐 𝟐𝐱 𝟑 𝟐𝐱 𝟑
𝐲 = 𝟔𝐱 𝐞 +𝐞
′ 𝟐𝐱 𝟑 𝟐
𝐲 = 𝐞 𝟔𝐱 + 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒔.