Solved on Jan 23, 2024
Find the derivative of .
STEP 1
Assumptions
1. We are given the function .
2. We need to find the derivative of with respect to , denoted as .
3. We will use the chain rule and the logarithmic differentiation rule to find .
STEP 2
The derivative of a logarithm with base is given by the formula:
where is a differentiable function of .
STEP 3
Identify in the given function:
STEP 4
Find the derivative of with respect to , denoted as :
STEP 5
Differentiate each term of separately:
STEP 6
Calculate the derivatives:
STEP 7
Simplify the expression for :
STEP 8
Now apply the logarithmic differentiation rule to find :
STEP 9
Substitute and into the formula for :
STEP 10
Since the derivative should be expressed as a positive value, we can multiply the numerator and denominator by -1 to get:
STEP 11
Now we can match the expression for with the given options. The correct derivative is:
This matches the first option given:
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