# Thread: Derivatives of exponential functions

1. ## Derivatives of exponential functions

2. Originally Posted by ozgunatalay
This will require the chain rule and using logarithmic differentiation

$y = \frac{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}(x^2+9)^{\frac{4}{9}}}{ (x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}$

$ln(y) = ln \left(\frac{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}(x^2+9)^{\frac{4} {9}}}{(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right)$

Since $ln \left(\frac{ab}{c}\right) = ln(a)+ln(b)-ln(c)$ we get

$ln(y) = ln \left[(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}\right] + ln \left[(x^2+9)^{\frac{4}{9}}\right] - ln \left[{(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right]$

Use the chain rule for each of them:

edit: oops no it isn't *edits*
edit2: that's better

Spoiler:

$\frac{1}{y} \, y' = \frac{3x}{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} + \frac{8x}{9(x^2+9)^{\frac{4}{9}}} - \frac{12x}{11(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}$

$y' = y\, \left(\frac{3x}{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} + \frac{8x}{9(x^2+9)^{\frac{4}{9}}} - \frac{12x}{11(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right)$

$y' = \left(\frac{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}(x^2+9)^{\frac{4} {9}}}{(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{3x}{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} + \frac{8x}{9(x^2+9)^{\frac{4}{9}}} - \frac{12x}{11(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right)$

3. Thank you for your solution.

4. I suppose you could always use the quotient rule, the product rule and the chain rule but IMO that would lead to an even bigger mess

6. You might also want to note that there are NO exponential functions here. "Exponential functions" are functions that have the variable, x, in the exponent.

7. I looked again and I ask questions, I reached a different result. If I've made a mistake, correct my mistakes.

8. Is there anyone who can check if I did it right?

9. I can see no difference between your answer and e^(i*pi)'s, so I would conclude that this is correct.

EDIT: Ahh I see it now. e^(i*pi) did make a slight mistake in the last fraction:

$
y' = \left(\frac{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}(x^2+9)^{\frac{4} {9}}}{(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{3x}{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} + \frac{8x}{9(x^2+9)^{\frac{4}{9}}} - \frac{12x}{11(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right)
$

is supposed to be:

$
y' = \left(\frac{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}(x^2+9)^{\frac{4} {9}}}{(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right) \cdot \left(\frac{3x}{(x^2+2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} + \frac{8x}{9(x^2+9)^{\frac{4}{9}}} - \frac{12x^2+24}{11(x^3+6x)^{\frac{4}{11}}}\right)
$

10. Where am I doing wrong?