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Lesson 3.3 Derivative of Logarithmic Functions 1

1. The derivative of logarithmic functions can be evaluated using the formula: f'(x) = (u'(x)/u(x)) * ln(a) 2. Examples are provided to demonstrate taking the derivative of various logarithmic functions using the formula and differentiation rules. 3. The key steps shown are identifying the function u(x) inside the logarithm, finding its derivative u'(x), and applying the formula to determine the derivative of the overall function f(x).

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Lesson 3.3 Derivative of Logarithmic Functions 1

1. The derivative of logarithmic functions can be evaluated using the formula: f'(x) = (u'(x)/u(x)) * ln(a) 2. Examples are provided to demonstrate taking the derivative of various logarithmic functions using the formula and differentiation rules. 3. The key steps shown are identifying the function u(x) inside the logarithm, finding its derivative u'(x), and applying the formula to determine the derivative of the overall function f(x).

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Lesson 3.

3
Derivative of
Logarithmic
Function
Learning objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:
1. Evaluate the derivative of logarithmic functions
2. Use the differentiation rules and formula to solve for the
derivative of the logarithmic function
DERIVATIVE OF LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS

𝒅 𝒖′
(𝒍𝒏 𝒖) =
𝒅𝒙 𝒖

𝒅 𝒖′
(𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒖) =
𝒅𝒙 𝒖 𝒍𝒏 𝒂
EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 𝒙𝟒
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏(𝒙 − 𝟑)
𝒖 = 𝒙𝟒
𝒖′ = 𝟒𝒙𝟑 𝒖=𝒙−𝟑
𝒖′ = 𝟏
𝟒𝒙𝟑
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟒
𝒙 𝟏
𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝟒 𝒙−𝟑
𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝒙
EXAMPLE 3 EXAMPLE 4
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 (𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 − 𝒙𝟒 )
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏(𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙)
𝒖 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 − 𝒙𝟒 𝒖 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙
𝒖′ = 𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟑 𝒖′ = −𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟑
𝒇′ 𝒙 = −𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙
𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐 − 𝒙𝟒 𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒙
− 𝟒𝒙𝟑 + 𝟑
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒇′ 𝒙 = −𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙
−𝒙𝟒 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐
EXAMPLE 5 EXAMPLE 6
𝟒
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 ( 𝟔 𝒙) 𝒇 𝒙 = ( 𝒍𝒏 𝒙)
𝟏 𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 𝒙𝟔 𝒇 𝒙 = (𝒍𝒏 𝒙)𝟒
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
−𝟏 𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 𝒙 𝒇′ 𝒙 = (𝒍𝒏 𝒙)𝟒 ∙
𝟔 𝟒 𝒙
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟑
𝒇′ 𝒙 = ∙ 𝒇′ 𝒙 = (𝒍𝒏 𝒙) −𝟒
𝟔 𝒙 𝟒𝒙
𝟏 𝟏
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝟔𝒙 𝟒
𝟒𝒙 (𝒍𝒏 𝒙)𝟑
EXAMPLE 7 EXAMPLE 8
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏 (𝒍𝒏 𝒙) 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒏(𝒍𝒏 𝟓𝒙𝟒 )
𝒖 = 𝒍𝒏 𝒙 𝒖 = 𝒍𝒏 𝟓𝒙𝟒
𝟏 𝟑
𝒖′ = 𝟐𝟎𝒙
𝒙 𝒖′ =
𝟓𝒙𝟒
𝟏 𝟒
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒙 𝒖′ =
𝒙
𝒍𝒏 𝒙 𝟒
𝟏 𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒙 𝟒
𝒍𝒏 𝟓𝒙
𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝒙 𝟒
𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟓𝒙𝟒
𝒅 𝒖′
(𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒖) =
EXAMPLE 9 𝒅𝒙 𝒖 𝒍𝒏 𝒂 EXAMPLE 10

𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟒 𝒙 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟓 𝒙𝟑
𝒖=𝒙 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟓 𝒙
𝒖′ = 𝟏 𝒖=𝒙
𝒂=𝟒 𝒖′ = 𝟏
𝒂=𝟓
𝟏
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟏
𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟒 𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟑 ∙
𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟓
𝟑
𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟓
𝒅 𝒖′
(𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒖) =
EXAMPLE 11 𝒅𝒙 𝒖 𝒍𝒏 𝒂 EXAMPLE 12

𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟕 (𝟓 − 𝟐𝒙) 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟐 (𝟑𝒙 − 𝒙𝟒 )


𝒖 = 𝟓 − 𝟐𝒙 𝒖 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒙𝟒
𝒖′ = −𝟐 𝒖′ = 𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟑
𝒂=𝟕 𝒂=𝟐
−𝟐
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟑
(𝟓 − 𝟐𝒙)𝒍𝒏 𝟕 𝒇′ 𝒙 =
(𝟑𝒙 − 𝒙𝟒 )𝒍𝒏 𝟐
𝒅 𝒖′
(𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂 𝒖) =
EXAMPLE 13 𝒅𝒙 𝒖 𝒍𝒏 𝒂 EXAMPLE 14

𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟐 (𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙) 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝟖 (𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙)

𝒖 = 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙 𝒖 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙
𝒖′ = 𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 𝒖′ = 𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙
𝒂=𝟐 𝒂=𝟖

𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟐𝒙


𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒇′ 𝒙 =
(𝒔𝒆𝒄 𝒙)𝒍𝒏 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟐𝒙 𝒍𝒏 𝟖
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 𝟐 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝟐𝒙
𝒇′ 𝒙 = 𝒇′ 𝒙 =
𝒍𝒏 𝟐 𝒍𝒏 𝟖

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