# Differentiating Big Multiple

• October 14th 2009, 07:33 AM
Kataangel
Differentiating Big Multiple
Hi I need urgent help for this expression as I have no idea how to get its derivative:

$f(x)=(x^2+1)^100(x^3-7)^2(x-1)(x^{10}+x+3)^{-1}$

I have to use the ln function but I can only come up to here:

$\frac{d}{dx}ln(f(x))=100\frac{2x}{x^2+1}+2\frac{3x ^2}{x^3-7}+\frac{1}{x-1}-\frac{10x^9+1}{x^{10}+x+3}$

Specifically I don't know how to get rid of the natural log function on the left side of the equation. I would appreciate if anyone could tell me how?
• October 14th 2009, 09:07 AM
ramiee2010
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Originally Posted by Kataangel
Hi I need urgent help for this expression as I have no idea how to get its derivative:

$f(x)=(x^2+1)^100(x^3-7)^2(x-1)(x^{10}+x+3)^{-1}$

I have to use the ln function but I can only come up to here:

$\frac{d}{dx}ln(f(x))=100\frac{2x}{x^2+1}+2\frac{3x ^2}{x^3-7}+\frac{1}{x-1}-\frac{10x^9+1}{x^{10}+x+3}$

Specifically I don't know how to get rid of the natural log function on the left side of the equation. I would appreciate if anyone could tell me how?

$\frac{d}{dx}ln(f(x))= \frac{1}{f(x)}f'(x)$
$therefore \quad \frac{1}{f(x)}f'(x)==\frac{200x}{x^2+1}+\frac{6x^2 }{x^3-7}+\frac{1}{x-1}-\frac{10x^9+1}{x^{10}+x+3}$
$therefore \quad f'(x)=f(x)\times (\frac{200x}{x^2+1}+\frac{6x^2}{x^3-7}+\frac{1}{x-1}-\frac{10x^9+1}{x^{10}+x+3})$
• October 14th 2009, 09:19 AM
Soroban
Hello, Kataangel!

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Hi, I need urgent help for this expression as I have no idea how to get its derivative.
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Why do you say that? You obviously know how to use logs and to differentiate!

$f(x)=(x^2+1)^{100}(x^3-7)^2(x-1)(x^{10}+x+3)^{-1}$

I have to use the ln function but I can only come up to here:

$\frac{d}{dx}ln(f(x))=100\frac{2x}{x^2+1}+2\frac{3x ^2}{x^3-7}+\frac{1}{x-1}-\frac{10x^9+1}{x^{10}+x+3}$

Specifically I don't know how to get rid of the natural log function on the left side of the equation.
I would appreciate if anyone could tell me how.

Write it like this: . ${\color{blue}y} \;=\;(x^2+1)^{100}(x^3-7)^2(x-1)(x^{10}+x+3)^{-1}$

Take logs: . $\ln(y) \;=\;100\ln(x^2+1) + 2\ln(x^3-7) + \ln(x-1) - \ln(x^{10}+x+3)$

Diffrerentiate: . $\frac{1}{y}\cdot\frac{dy}{dx} \;=\;\frac{200x}{x^2+1} + \frac{6x^2}{x^3-7} + \frac{1}{x-1} - \frac{10x^9 + 1}{x^{10}+x+3}$

Then: . $\frac{dy}{dx} \;=\;y\bigg[\frac{200x}{x^2+1} + \frac{6x^2}{x^3-7} + \frac{1}{x-1} - \frac{10x^9 + 1}{x^{10}+x+3}\bigg]$

. . . . . $\frac {dy}{dx}\;=\;(x^2+1)^{100}(x^3-7)^2(x-1)(x^{10}+x+3)^{-1}\bigg[\frac{200x}{x^2+1} + \frac{6x^2}{x^3-7} + \frac{1}{x-1} - \frac{10x^9 + 1}{x^{10}+x+3}\bigg]$