proportionality of rate of change

**zachd77** · December 28th 2012, 03:01 PM

Doing another problem:

Show that the rate of change of

is proportional to y.

I know that you have to find the derivative & somehow find a constant to place in front of y. Stuck here.

**skeeter** · December 28th 2012, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by zachd77

Doing another problem:

Show that the rate of change of

is proportional to y.

I know that you have to find the derivative & somehow find a constant to place in front of y. Stuck here.

what did you get for the derivative of y ?

**zachd77** · December 28th 2012, 03:34 PM

I got 3^(2x)*(7 ln(5))5^(7x)+5^(7x)*(2 ln(3))9^x... bit messy, best I could do to show y'

**skeeter** · December 28th 2012, 03:40 PM

$y' = 3^{2x} \cdot 7\ln{5} \cdot 5^{7x} + 5^{7x} \cdot 2\ln{3} \cdot 3^{2x}$

$y' = 3^{2x}5^{7x}(7\ln{5} + 2\ln{3})$

$y' = y(7\ln{5} + 2\ln{3})$

**zachd77** · December 28th 2012, 04:42 PM

thanks!!

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