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MODULE #6

DERIVATIVE OF LOGARITHMIC AND EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION

Name of Student: Week No. 7

Course Code: M-1 Faculty: Engr. Jason C. Acayen

Course Title: Calculus 1

I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This module aims the following objectives which are to be expected as outcomes.

1. To know the derivatives of exponential and logarithmic functions

2. Learn how to find the derivatives of this functions using the given formula via examples

II. CONTENT

A. DERIVATIVES OF LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS

𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑢
𝑑 𝑑𝑥 𝑑 𝑑𝑥
ln 𝑢 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (𝑢) =
𝑑𝑥 𝑢 𝑑𝑥 𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑎

B. SAMPLE PROBLEMS

𝑑𝑢
1) y = ln(2x-3) , let u= 2x-3 , =2
𝑑𝑥
𝟐
y’ =
𝟐𝒙−𝟑

2) y = ln(secØ +tanØ) , let u= secØ +tanØ

𝑑𝑢
= secØtanØ + sec2Ø
𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑢
𝑑𝑥 secØtanØ + sec2 Ø secØ(tanØ + secØ)
y’ = = =
𝑢 secØ+tanØ secØ+tanØ

y’ = secØ

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𝟏
3) y =√𝒍𝒏(𝒙) = (𝒍𝒏(𝒙))𝟐

𝟏
y = (𝒖)𝟐 , where u = ln(x)
𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢
Apply chain rule ( = 𝑑𝑢*𝑑𝑥 )
𝑑𝑥

u = ln(x)
𝑑𝑢 1
=𝑥
𝑑𝑥
𝟏
𝑑𝑦 1 −𝟏 1 𝟏
1 1
= (𝒖 𝟐
−
)= 2 ( 𝒖 𝟐 )= 𝟏 =
𝑑𝑢 2 2𝒖 𝟐 2√𝒍𝒏(𝒙)

𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢 1 1 1
y’ = * = ∗𝑥=
𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑥 2√𝒍𝒏(𝒙) 2𝑥√𝒍𝒏(𝒙)

4) y =x 𝒍𝒏(𝒙)

apply product rule (udv + vdu)

let u= 𝒙 ,v= 𝒍𝒏(𝒙)

𝑑 𝑑
y’ = 𝑥 * ( 𝒍𝒏(𝒙) ) + 𝒍𝒏(𝒙) * ( 𝒙)
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
1
= 𝑥 * 𝑥 + 𝒍𝒏(𝒙) ∗ 1

y’= 1 + 𝒍𝒏(𝒙)

5) y = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟐 (𝟑 − 𝟐𝒙)

𝑑𝑢
let u= 3-2x , = -2,a =2
𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑢
𝑑 𝑑𝑥 −2
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (𝑢) = =
(𝟑−𝟐𝒙) ln 2
𝑑𝑥 𝑢lna

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6) y = (x2) 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟐 (𝟑 − 𝟐𝒙)

apply product rule (udv + vdu)

let u= x2 , v = 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (3 − 2𝑥)

𝑑 𝑑
y’ = x2 * (𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (3 − 2𝑥)) + 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (3 − 2𝑥)* (𝑥 2 )
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

−2
y’ = x2 * + 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (3 − 2𝑥) * 2𝑥
(𝟑−𝟐𝒙) ln 2

−𝟐𝒙𝟐
y’ = (𝟑−𝟐𝒙) +𝟐𝐱 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟐 (𝟑 − 𝟐𝒙)
𝐥𝐧 𝟐

𝒙𝟐
7) y = ,note log x=log10x
𝟏+𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒙

𝑣𝑑𝑢−𝑢𝑑𝑣
Apply quotient rule = , let u= 𝒙𝟐 , let v = 𝟏 + 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒙
𝑣2
𝑑 𝑑
(1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥) (𝒙𝟐 )− (𝒙𝟐 )𝑑𝑥(1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)
y’ = 𝑑𝑥
(1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)2

1
(1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)(2𝑥) − (𝒙𝟐 )(0+ )
y’= 𝑥𝑙𝑛10
(1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)2

𝑥
(1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥 )2𝑥 −
y’= 𝑙𝑛10
(1+𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥)2

C. DERIVATIVES OF EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS

𝑑 𝑢 𝑢 𝑑𝑢 𝑑 𝑢 𝑢 𝑑𝑢
𝑒 = 𝑒 (𝑑𝑥 ) 𝑎 = 𝑎 𝑙𝑛𝑎(𝑑𝑥 )
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

D. SAMPLE PROBLEMS

𝟑 𝑑𝑢
1) y = 𝒆𝒙 +𝟏 ,let u =𝑥 3 + 1 , = 3𝑥2
𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑢 𝟑
𝑦′ = 𝑒 𝑢 (𝑑𝑥 ) = 𝒆𝒙 +𝟏
(3𝑥2 )
𝒙𝟑 +𝟏
𝒚′ = 𝟑𝒙𝟐 𝒆
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2) y = 𝟒𝒙𝒍𝒏𝒙 ,let u =𝑥𝑙𝑛𝑥, 𝑎 = 4

𝑑𝑢 𝑑 𝑑
=udv+vdu =𝑥 ∗ 𝑑𝑥 (𝑙𝑛𝑥) + 𝑙𝑛𝑥* 𝑑𝑥 (𝑥)
𝑑𝑥
1
=𝑥 ∗ 𝑥 + 𝑙𝑛𝑥* 1 =1 + 𝑙𝑛𝑥
𝑑𝑢
𝑦′ = 𝑎𝑢 𝑙𝑛𝑎(𝑑𝑥 ) = 4𝑥𝑙𝑛𝑥 ln4(1 + 𝑙𝑛𝑥)

3) y = 𝒆𝒙 (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐)

apply product rule (udv + vdu)

let u= 𝑒 𝑥 , v = (𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 2) ,du=𝑒 𝑥 ,dv=2x-2

𝑑 𝑑
y’ = 𝑒 𝑥 * (𝑥2 − 2𝑥 + 2) + (𝑥2 − 2𝑥 + 2) ∗ (𝑒𝑥 )
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

y’ = 𝑒 𝑥 * (2𝑥 − 2) + (𝑥2 − 2𝑥 + 2) ∗ (𝑒𝑥 )(1)

y’ = 2𝑥 𝑒𝑥 −2𝑒𝑥 + 𝑥2 𝑒𝑥 − 2𝑥𝑒𝑥 + 2𝑒𝑥
y’ = 𝒙𝟐 𝒆𝒙

𝟏
𝟏 𝑑𝑢 −𝟏
4) y = ∏ 𝒙 ,let u = , 𝑎 = ∏ , =
𝒙 𝑑𝑥 𝒙𝟐

𝟏
𝟏
𝑑𝑢 −𝟏 −∏𝒙 𝐥𝐧∏
𝑦′ = 𝑎𝑢 𝑙𝑛𝑎(𝑑𝑥 ) = ∏𝒙 𝐥𝐧∏( 𝒙𝟐 ) = 𝒙𝟐

𝟏
5) y =√𝟐𝒙 =( 𝟐𝒙 )𝟐
𝟏
y = (𝒖)𝟐 , where u = 𝟐𝒙
𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢
Apply chain rule ( = 𝑑𝑢*𝑑𝑥 )
𝑑𝑥

u = 𝟐𝒙
𝑑𝑢
= 2𝑥 𝑙𝑛2(1) =2𝑥 𝑙𝑛2
𝑑𝑥

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𝟏
𝑑𝑦 1 −𝟏 1 𝟏
1 1
= ( −
𝒖 𝟐 )= ( 𝒖 𝟐 )= 𝟏 =
𝑑𝑢 2 2 2 𝒖𝟐
2√𝟐𝒙

𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢 1 2𝑥 𝑙𝑛2 2𝑥 𝑙𝑛2
y’ = * = ∗2 𝑥
𝑙𝑛2 = = 𝟏
𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑥 2√𝟐𝒙 2√𝟐𝒙
2(𝟐𝒙 )𝟐
𝟏
𝒙 𝟐
(𝟐 ) 𝑙𝑛2 √𝟐𝒙 𝒍𝒏𝟐
y’ =
2
=
𝟐

III. LEARNING ACTIVITY

A. EDUCATIONAL VIDEO VIEWING

The internet has tons of learning materials which can be access for free, one which is the audio-
visual materials (educational videos) found on different sites.

Visit this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp9sgIvaKPk

SITE: www.youtube.com
TITLE: Derivative of Logarithmic Functions
AUTHOR/CHANNEL: The Organic Chemistry Tutor
DATE UPLOADED: Feb. 28, 2018

Visit this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg_497u6JnA

SITE: www.youtube.com
TITLE: Derivative of Exponential Functions
AUTHOR/CHANNEL: The Organic Chemistry Tutor
DATE UPLOADED: Feb. 27, 2018

IV. LEARNING ASSESSMENT

Learning Assessment (Total Score: 40 pts.)

EVALUATION. Find the derivative of the functions given below. (40 pts.)

1. y = 𝑥√𝑙𝑛(𝑥)

2. y = ln(𝑙𝑛𝑥)

3. y = log(𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥)

4. y = cos(ln𝑥)
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5. y = 2√𝑥

1
6. y = 3𝑥

7. y = 𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
3
8. y = 𝑒 −𝑥

V. LEARNING RESOURCES

1. Velleman, D. J.( 2017) .Calculus: A Rigorous First Course. Dover Publications

2. Gillesania, D. (2012). Engineering Mathematics (3rd ed., Vol. 2). Cebu, Philippines: Cebu DG
Print, Inc.

3. Farlow, S. J. (1990). Calculus and its Application.

4. Leithold, L. (2001). The Calculus.

5. Love, C. E., & Rainville, E. (n.d.). Differential Calculus & Integral Calculus.

Prepared by: Reviewed by: Approved:

ENGR. JASON C. ACAYEN ENGR. ALEJANDRO PITALLANO,JR. MORIEL L. PRADO, Ph. D

FACULTY Program Director DEAN

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