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Question: `qQuery problem 3.6.12 (3d edition 3.6.44). was 4.6.12 derivative of e^( ln(x) + 1)

What is the derivative of the given function?

Explain what rule or rules you used to obtain your derivative and how you used them.

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Your solution:

chain rule

f(x)= e^x

g(x)= ln(x) + 1

f'(x)= e^x

g'(x)= 1/x

f'(g(x) )= e^(ln(x) + 1)

f'(g(x) ) * g'(x)

e^(ln(x) + 1) * 1/x

e^(ln(x)) * e^1 * 1/x

e^(ln(x) ) * e * 1/x

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Given Solution:

`a** This is a composite with f(z) = e^z and g(x) = ln(x) + 1.

g'(x) = 1/x, f'(z) = e^z.

So the derivative is

(e^(ln(x)+1)) ' = (f(g(x)) ' =

g'(x) * f'(g(x)) =

1/x e^(ln(x)+1)) =

1/x e^(ln(x)) * e^1 = 1/x * x * e = e. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

I am not sure how you changed e^ln(x) to x

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This is basic precalculus. You can also refer to the initial chapter of your text.

By definition, ln(x) is the function which is inverse to e^x.

This means that if you find the natural log of a number, then raise e to that value, you get back your original number.

This works the other way, too. If you find e^x for some number x, then take the natural log, you get your original number back.

Formally we say that

ln(a) = b

means that

e^b = a.

In this case, then, e^(ln(x)) would be the e^b, so ln(a) = b would become ln(a) = ln(x). Thus a = x, and we conclude that e^(ln(x)) = x.

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Question: `qWhy is in easier to calculate the derivative of this function if you simplify the function first?

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Your solution:

seeing from the last assignment how ln and e sort of canceled each other out, im guessing it would at the start too.

e^( ln(x) + 1)

e^(ln(x) * e^1

x * e

taking the derivative of that is very simple, e.

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Given Solution:

`a** e^(ln x + 1) = e^(ln x) * e^1 = x * e or just e * x.

e is a constant so the derivative of e * x is e * 1 = e. **

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Question: `qQuery problem 3.6.43 (3d edition 3.6.44) was 4.6.30 y = ln(x) at x = 1

What is the equation of the tangent line at the given point?

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Your solution:

y'=1/x so slope is 1/x

a tangent line would pass through (1, ln(1) ) and a slope of 1

(1,0) with slope of 1.

y-0= 1(x-1)

y= x - 1

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Given Solution:

`a** tan line at x = 1 passes through the corresponding graph point (1, ln(1) ) = (1, 0).

Slope of tan line equals derivative: y' = 1/x; at x = 1 we have y' = 1.

So line has slope 1 and passes through (1, 0).

The equation of the line is y - 0 = 1 * (x - 1), or y = x-1. **

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Question: `qWhat are your approximations to ln(1.1) and ln(2), based on the tangent line?

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Your solution:

y=x-1

y=ln(1.1) -1= -.905

y=ln(2)- 1= -.307

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Given Solution:

`a** to get approx ln(1.1): y = 1.1 - 1 = .1.

to get approx ln(2): y = 2 - 1 = 1.

Actual values are

ln(1.1)=0.095 and

ln(2)=0.69.

Note that the first is a little below the approximation given by the tangent line, the second much below the tangent-line value. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

why do we not take ln() of the values?

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The question asks about the tangent-line approximations, not the actual values of the natural logs.

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Question: In terms of the graph, explain whether your approximations are larger or smaller than the true values.

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Your solution:

the graph is increasing at a decreasing rate, so any tangent line will progressively get farther away.

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Given Solution:

** Since the graph of y = ln(x) is increasing and concave downward, it will always curve progressively away from any tangent-line approximation.

In this case the approximating point is x = 1. The further x is from the approximating point, the further the tangent line will be from the actual graph.

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Question: `qQuery problem 3.7.16 (was 3.7.9 was 4.7.6) e^(x^2) + ln y = 0

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Your solution:

f(x)= e^x

g(x)=x^2

f'(x)= e^x

g'(x)= 2x

f'(g(x) )= e^(x^2)

e^x * e^2 * 2x

1/y * y'

e^x * e^2 * 2x * 1/y * y'

y'=-1(e^x * e^2 * 2x * 1/y )

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Given Solution:

`aWhen differentiating with respect to x any x terms are differentiated as usual, to differentiate y with respect to x assumes that y is a function of x, in which case its derivative with respect to x is the unspecified quantity dy/dx.

The derivative of a function of y is therefore the derivative of a composite. For example cos(y) is the composite of f(y) = cos(y) with the function g(x) = y(x), whose form is not specified. Do g ' (x) * f ' (g(x) ) is y ' (x) f ' (y ( x) ); in the present example this would be y ' (x) * ( -sin(y(x)), which we would write -sin(y) y ' with the understanding that y stands for y(x) and y ' for y ' (x).

When we use implicit differentiation to solve for y ' we will typically get some terms containing y ' as a factor and others which don't. We separate these terms algebraically, with the y ' terms on one side and everything else on the other. We then factor out y ' and divide both sides by the other factor to obtain an expression for y ' in terms of y and x.

SPECIFIC SOLUTION:

The derivative of the equation with respect to x is 2x e^(x^2) + 1/y * y ' = 0. Solving this for y ' we get

1/y * y ' = 2 x e^(x^2) so that

y ' = - 2x e^(x^2) * y.

To see why the derivative of ln y is y ' * 1/y:

y is itself a function of x, so ln(y) means ln(y(x)).

y(x) is the inner function and its derivative is y'(x) = dy/dx.

f(z) = ln(z) is the outer function and its derivative is 1/z.

Thus the derivative of f(y(x)) is y'(x) f ' (y(x)) = dy/dx * 1 / y(x), written just dy/dx * 1/y or y' * 1/y.

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Self-critique (if necessary):

how were you able to put y' on the other side of the equal sign without changing the sign.

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I left off a negative sign. That first step should have read

1/y * y ' = -2 x e^(x^2)

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Question: `qQuery problem 3.7.34 (3d edition 3.7.26) was 4.7.18 circle x^2+y^2=25

What are the equations of the tangent lines to the circle at the points where x = 4?

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Your solution:

noting a circle, this means it is...i dont know what to call it, but it can have the same answer on the other end, can be inverted...

16 + y^2 = 25

y^2= 9

y= 3

y=-3

2x + 2y * y'

-y'=2x +2y

???im a little lost

well, i know a tangent line will go through the middle of the circle...not sure why.

so (0,0) to (4,3) is 3/4, and (0,0) to (4, -3) is -3/4

i feel like im forgetting something after that. if the tangent line was to go through both points, it would involve that, I believe im suppose to figure two lines. a tangent line would only touch the point and then go off course, meaning barely touching the surface...so a perpendicular line? i believe i flip the fraction and change the sign for that.

y-3= -4/3(x-4)

y-3=-4/3x + 16/3

y - 9/3= -4/3x + 16/3

y = -4/3x+ 25/3

y+3=4/3(x-4)

y+3=4/3x -16/3

y= 4/3x - 25/3

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Given Solution:

`a** Solving x^2+y^2=25 for x = 4 you get y^2 = 9, which has solutions y = +3 and y = -3.

So the points are (4, 3) and (4, -3).

By the geometry of the circle the tangent line at a point on the circle is perpendicular to the radial line to that point. The radial lines go from (0,0) to (4,-3) and to (4,3) and so have slopes -3/4 and 3/4, respectively. The tangent lines, being perpendicular, will have the negative reciprocal slopes of 4/3 and -4/3, respectively.

Alternatively implicit differentiation of the equation gives us 2 x + 2 y dy/dx = 0, so that dy/dx = -x/y. At (4,3) and (4,-3) we get dy/dx = -4/3 and +4/3, respectively, confirming the previous results.

Thus, either way, slope at (4,3) is -4/3, slope at (4,-3) is +4/3.

Equation of tangent line at (4,3) is y - 3 = -4/3 ( x - 4) so y = -4/3 x + 25/3.

Equation of tangent line at (4,-3) is y - -3 = 4/3 ( x - 4) so y = 4/3 x - 25/3.

When x = 4 we have 4^2 + y^2 = 25 so y^2 = 25 - 16 = 9 and y = 3 or -3.

Thus the points where x = 4 are (4,3) and (4,-3).

The slope from the center (0,0) to (4,3) is 4/3; the tangent line is perpendicular to the radial line from the center to (4,3), so has slope -4/3. The equation of the tangent line is therefore y - 3 = -4/3 (x-4), or y = -4/3 x + 25/3.

The slope from the center (0,0) to (4,-3) is -4/3; the tangent line is perpendicular to the radial line from the center to (4,-3), so has slope 4/3. The equation of the tangent line is therefore y - (-3) = 4/3 (x-4) or y = 4/3 x - 25/3.

The normal lines are perpendicular to the tangent lines. They therefore have slopes which are the negative reciprocals of the slopes of the tangent lines.

Thus the normal lines pass through (4,3) with slope 3/4 and through (-4/3) with slope -3/4.

You might note that lines through the origin and with the specified slopes pass through the corresponding points, so those lines are y = 3/4 x and y = -3/4 x, respectively.

If you don't notice this you will go ahead and use the point-slope form of the equations. You get

y - 3 = 3/4 ( x - 4), which on solving for y gives you y = 3/4 x, and

y - 3 = -3/4 ( x - (-4)), which on solving for y gives you y = -3/4 x. **

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