Lesson 3.4 Derivative of Exponential Functions 1
Lesson 3.4 Derivative of Exponential Functions 1
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Derivative of
Exponential
Functions
Learning objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:
1. Evaluate the derivative of exponential functions
2. Use the differentiation rules and formula to solve for the
derivative of the exponential function
PROPERTIES OF
EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION
𝒂𝟎 = 𝟏 𝒙
𝒆𝟎 = 𝟏 𝒆𝒙
𝒂 𝒙−𝒚 = 𝒆 𝒙−𝒚
= 𝒂 𝒆𝟏 = 𝒆 𝒆𝒚
𝒂𝟏 = 𝒂 𝒂𝒚
𝒙 𝒚 𝒙+𝒚 𝒙 𝒚
(𝒂 ) = 𝒂𝒙𝒚 𝒙 𝒚
𝒆 ∙𝒆 =𝒆 𝒙+𝒚 (𝒆𝒙 )𝒚 = 𝒆𝒙𝒚
𝒂 ∙𝒂 =𝒂
PROPERTIES OF
logarithmic FUNCTION
𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝟏 = 𝟎 𝒍𝒏 𝟏 = 𝟎
𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒂 = 𝟏 𝒍𝒏 𝒆 = 𝟏
𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒙𝒚 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒙 + 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒚 𝒍𝒏 𝒙𝒚 = 𝒍𝒏 𝒙 + 𝒍𝒏 𝒚
𝒙 𝒙
𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒙 − 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒚 𝒍𝒏 = 𝒍𝒏 𝒙 − 𝒍𝒏 𝒚
𝒚 𝒚
𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒙𝒓 𝒓 𝒍𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 𝒙𝒓
DERIVATIVE OF
EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
𝒅 𝒖
(𝒆 ) = 𝒆𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′
𝒅𝒙
𝒅 𝒖
𝒂 = 𝒂𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′ ∙ 𝒍𝒏 𝒂
𝒅𝒙
𝒅 𝒖
EXAMPLE 1 (𝒆 ) = 𝒆𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′ EXAMPLE 2
𝒅𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒆𝟐𝒙 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒆𝟐𝒙 ∙ 𝟐 𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙 ∙ (−𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙)
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒆𝟐𝒙 𝒇′ 𝒙 = − 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝒅 𝒖
EXAMPLE 3 (𝒆 ) = 𝒆𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′ EXAMPLE 4
𝒅𝒙
𝟏
𝟑𝒙𝟐 𝒙−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =𝒆 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒆 𝟑
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒆 𝟑𝒙𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
∙ 𝟔𝒙 𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒆𝟑𝒙−𝟏 ∙
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟔𝒙(𝒆 𝟑𝒙𝟐 𝟑
)
𝟏 𝟏𝒙−𝟏
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒆𝟑
𝟑
𝒅 𝒖
EXAMPLE 5 (𝒆 ) = 𝒆𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′
𝒅𝒙
𝟐𝒙𝟐 + 𝒍𝒏 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 =𝒆
𝟐 𝒆𝒙 ∙ 𝒆𝒚 = 𝒆𝒙+𝒚
𝟐𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒆 ∙ 𝒆 𝒍𝒏 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒆 𝟐𝒙𝟐
∙𝒙 𝒆𝒍𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒙
𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝟐𝒙𝟐
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒆 (𝟏) + 𝒙 ∙ 𝒆 ∙ 𝟒𝒙
𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝟐 𝟐𝒙𝟐
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒆 + 𝟒𝒙 𝒆
𝒅 𝒖
EXAMPLE 6 (𝒆 ) = 𝒆𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′ 𝒆𝒙
𝒅𝒙 = 𝒆 𝒙−𝒚
𝒆𝒚
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒆𝟑𝒙 − 𝒍𝒏 𝟗𝒙
𝒆𝟑𝒙 𝒆𝒍𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 𝟗𝒙
𝒆
𝒆𝟑𝒙 𝟗(𝟑𝒙𝒆𝟑𝒙 − 𝒆𝟑𝒙 )
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝟗𝒙 𝟖𝟏𝒙𝟐
𝟗𝒙 𝒆𝟑𝒙 ∙ 𝟑 − 𝒆𝟑𝒙 (𝟗) 𝟑𝒙𝒆𝟑𝒙 − 𝒆𝟑𝒙
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝟗𝒙 𝟐 𝟗𝒙𝟐
𝟐𝟕𝒙𝒆𝟑𝒙 − 𝟗𝒆𝟑𝒙
𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝟖𝟏𝒙𝟐
𝒅 𝒖
EXAMPLE 7 (𝒆 ) = 𝒆𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′ EXAMPLE 8
𝒅𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟗𝟑𝒙 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟒𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟗 𝟑𝒙
∙ 𝟑 𝒍𝒏 𝟗 𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟒𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 ∙ 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟑𝒙 ∙ 𝒍𝒏 𝟒
𝟑𝒙
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟗 (𝟑 𝒍𝒏 𝟗) 𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟒𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟑𝒙 (𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟑𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟒)
𝒅 𝒖
EXAMPLE 11 𝒂 = 𝒂𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′ ∙ 𝒍𝒏 𝒂
𝒅𝒙
𝟐𝒙𝟐
𝟓 𝒆𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 −𝟒 = 𝒆 𝒙−𝒚
𝟓 𝒆𝒚
𝒇 𝒙 =𝟓 𝟐𝒙𝟐 −(𝒙𝟐 −𝟒)
𝒙𝟐 +𝟒
𝒇 𝒙 =𝟓
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟓 𝒙𝟐 +𝟒
∙ 𝟐𝒙 ∙ 𝒍𝒏 𝟓
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟓 𝒙𝟐 +𝟒
(𝟐𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟓)
𝒅 𝒖
EXAMPLE 12 𝒂 = 𝒂𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′ ∙ 𝒍𝒏 𝒂
𝒅𝒙
(𝟐𝒙𝟑 +𝟏)𝟑
𝒇 𝒙 =𝟕
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟕 (𝟐𝒙𝟑 +𝟏)𝟑 ∙ 𝟑(𝟐𝒙𝟑 + 𝟏)𝟐 ∙ 𝟔𝒙𝟐 ∙ 𝒍𝒏 𝟕
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟕 (𝟐𝒙𝟑 +𝟏)𝟑 𝟏𝟖𝒙𝟐 (𝟐𝒙𝟑 + 𝟏)𝟐 𝒍𝒏 𝟕
𝒅 𝒖
EXAMPLE 13 𝒂 = 𝒂𝒖 ∙ 𝒖′ ∙ 𝒍𝒏 𝒂
𝒅𝒙
𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝟐𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 =𝟖
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟖 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝟐𝒙 ∙ 𝟐(𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙) ∙ (−𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙) ∙ 𝒍𝒏 𝟖
𝒇′ 𝒙 = −𝟖 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟐 𝟐𝒙 (𝟒 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟖)