DERIVATIVE OF EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS

𝑑𝑢
𝑑
(log 𝑢) = log 𝑒 ∙ 𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑥 𝑢

𝑑𝑢
𝑑
(𝑙𝑛𝑢) = 𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑥 𝑢

𝑑 𝑑𝑢
(𝑎 ) = 𝑎 ln 𝑎 ∙
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

𝑑 𝑑𝑢
(𝑒 ) = 𝑒 ∙
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

Properties of Logarithms
log 1 = 0
log 𝑎 = 1 ; log 𝑢 = 𝑙𝑛𝑢
𝑙𝑛1 = 0 ; 𝑙𝑛𝑒 = 1
𝑙𝑛𝑥𝑦 = 𝑙𝑛𝑥 + 𝑙𝑛𝑦
𝑥
ln = 𝑙𝑛𝑥 − 𝑙𝑛𝑦
𝑦
𝑙𝑛𝑥 = 𝑦𝑙𝑛𝑥 (Note, usually we take
𝑦𝑙𝑛𝑥 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑛𝑥 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟. 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟. )

Examples:

1. 𝑦 = log (3𝑥 − 5)
log 𝑒
𝑦 = (6𝑥)
3𝑥 − 5
𝟔𝒙 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒂 𝒆
𝒚 =
𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓
2. 𝑦 = ln (𝑥 + 3)
𝑦 = 2 ln(𝑥 + 3)
1
𝑦 =2 ∙ ∙1
𝑥+3
𝟐
𝒚 =
𝒙+𝟑

3. 𝑦 = ln(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 3)
1
𝑦 = ∙ (𝑥 + 3)(3𝑥 ) + (𝑥 + 2)(2𝑥)
(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 3)
𝟓𝒙𝟒 + 𝟗𝒙𝟐 + 𝟒𝒙
𝒚 =
(𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐)(𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑)

4. 𝑦 = log (𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 1)
𝑦 = ln (𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 1)
1
𝑦 = ∙ 2𝑥 + 3
𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 1
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑
𝒚 =
𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏

5. 𝑦 = ln
( )

𝑦 = 𝑙𝑛𝑥 − ln(3𝑥 − 4)
4𝑥 2(3𝑥 − 4)(3) 4(3𝑥 − 4) − 6𝑥 12𝑥 − 16 − 6𝑥
𝑦 = − = =
𝑥 (3𝑥 − 4) 𝑥(3𝑥 − 4) 𝑥(3𝑥 − 4)
𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏𝟔
𝒚 =
𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙

6. 𝑦 = ln(𝑥 + √1 + 𝑥 )
 1 2𝑥
𝑦 = ∙1+
𝑥 + √1 + 𝑥 2√1 + 𝑥
1 √1 + 𝑥 + 𝑥
𝑦 = ∙
𝑥 + √1 + 𝑥 √1 + 𝑥
𝟏
𝒚 =
√𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐

7. 𝑦 = 𝑒
𝟏 𝟏
𝒙
𝒚 = − 𝒆 𝟐
𝟐

8. 𝑦 = 𝑒
𝟐
𝒚 = 𝟖𝒙𝒆𝟒𝒙

9. 𝑦 = 3
𝑦 =3 ∙ 𝑙𝑛3 ∙ 2 = 2𝑙𝑛3 ∙ 3
𝒚 = 𝟑𝟐𝒙 𝐥𝐧 𝟗 𝒐𝒓 𝟑𝟐𝒙 ∙ 𝟐𝒍𝒏𝟑

10. 𝑦 = 10
𝑦 = 10 ∙ ln 10 (−2) = −2𝑙𝑛10 ∙ 10
𝟏
−𝟐𝒍𝒏𝟏𝟎 𝐥 𝐧(𝟏𝟎 𝟐 ) 𝒍𝒏( )
𝒚 = −𝟐𝒍𝒏𝟏𝟎 ∙ 𝟏𝟎 𝟐𝒙
𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟏𝟎𝟐𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝒙 𝟏𝟎 𝟐𝒙

11. 𝑦 = 𝑥 3
𝑦 = 𝑥 ∙ 3 ln 3 + 3 (2𝑥)
𝒚 = 𝒙 𝟑𝒙 (𝒙𝒍𝒏𝟑 + 𝟐)

12. 𝑦 = 𝑒 √
 1
𝑦 = 𝑒√ ∙
2√ 𝑥

𝒆√𝒙
𝒚 =
𝟐√𝒙

13. 𝑦 = (𝑒 )
1
𝑦 = 2(𝑒 )(𝑒 )( )
𝑥
𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙

14.𝑦 = ln

𝑦 = ln √𝑥 + 1 − ln √𝑥 − 1
1 1 1 1
𝑦 = ∙ − ∙
√𝑥 + 1 2√𝑥 + 1 √𝑥 − 1 2√𝑥 − 1
1 1
𝑦 = −
2(𝑥 + 1) 2(𝑥 − 1)
𝟏
𝒚 = −
𝒙𝟐 −𝟏

15. 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑙𝑛4𝑥
1
𝑦 = 𝑒 ∙ ∙ 4 + 𝑙𝑛4𝑥 ∙ 𝑒 ∙ −2
4𝑥
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 − 𝟐𝒙𝒍𝒏𝟒𝒙 𝟏
𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙
− 𝟐𝒍𝒏𝟒𝒙 𝒐𝒓 𝟐𝒙 𝒐𝒓 (𝟏 − 𝟐𝒙𝒍𝒏𝟒𝒙)
𝒆 𝒙 𝒆 𝒙 𝒙𝒆𝟐𝒙

16. 𝑦 = 𝑒

𝑦 = 𝑒 ∙ 𝑒 ∙1
𝒙
𝒚 = 𝒆𝒆 𝒙
17. 𝑦 =

𝟒𝒂 𝟒𝒂𝒆𝟐𝒂𝒙
𝒚 = 𝒂𝒙 𝒂𝒙 )𝟐
𝒐𝒓 𝟐𝒂𝒙
(𝒆 + 𝒆 (𝒆 + 𝒂)𝟐
*see video for the solution
18. Find y’’ of 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑙𝑛𝑥
𝒙 𝒙
−𝟐𝒙𝒆 −𝒆 + 𝒙𝟐 𝒆 𝒙 𝒍𝒏𝒙 −𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 − 𝒙𝟐𝒍𝒏𝒙
𝒚 = 𝒐𝒓
𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝟐 𝒆𝒙
*see video for the solution

19. 𝑦 = 𝑥

𝒙
𝒙𝒆 𝒆𝒙 [𝟏 + 𝒙𝒍𝒏𝒙]
𝒚 =
𝒙

*see video for the solution

20. 𝑒 =𝑥−𝑦

𝟐
𝟏 − 𝒚𝟐 𝒆𝒙𝒚
𝒚 = 𝟐
𝟏 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚𝒆𝒙𝒚

*see video for the solution