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If y=sin5 + log base 10 x + 2 sec x find dy/dx

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Hello, rahulk! (Wave)

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No this is not my homework I don't know what is the formula to solving the problem
 
Okay, well let's see if you understand the rules of differentiation that you will need for this problem. Suppose we have:

$$y=f(x)+g(x)$$

What is $$\d{y}{x}$$?
 
I don't know because I am very week in mathematics
 
Differentiation is linear, that is:

$$\frac{d}{dx}\left(f(x)+g(x)\right)=\frac{d}{dx}f(x)+\frac{d}{dx}g(x)$$

This means that is a function is composed of two or more summands, we may differentate the function by differentiating each summand in turn. For example, if:

$$f(x)=1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4$$

then:

$$f'(x)=0+1+2x+3x^2+4x^3$$

So, let's look at the function you gave:

$$y=\sin(5)+\log(x)+2\sec(x)$$

The first term is $\sin(5)$...how would you go about differentiating that?
 
if y = sin5 + log base10 X +2 sec x find dy/dx

if y = sin5 + log base10 X +2 sec x find dy/dx

Answer

dy/dx= cos5 + 1/(log 5)x+ 2 sec x tanxIs it true answer
 
Re: if y = sin5 + log base10 X +2 sec x find dy/dx

rahulk said:
if y = sin5 + log base10 X +2 sec x find dy/dx

Answer

dy/dx= cos5 + 1/(log 5)x+ 2 sec x tanxIs it true answer

As I said before, please post calculus questions in our "Calculus" forum, and please don't begin a new thread for the same question. I have moved and merged accordingly.

Now, let's look at each term of the given function:

$$y=\sin(5)+\log(x)+2\sec(x)$$

The first term is $\sin(5)$, and this is a constant, in that it does not depend on the independent variable $x$, and so its derivative is zero. For the second term, let's write:

$$u=\log(x)$$

Using the change of base formula, we may write:

$$u=\frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(10)}$$

Hence, using the rule for differentiating the natural log function, we obtain:

$$\d{u}{x}=\frac{1}{x\ln(10)}$$

For the third term, let's write:

$$u=2\sec(x)=\frac{2}{\cos(x)}$$

Using the quotient rule, we obtain:

$$\d{u}{x}=\frac{\cos(x)(0)-2(-\sin(x))}{\cos^2(x)}=2\sec(x)\tan(x)$$

So, putting it all together, we have:

$$\d{y}{x}=\frac{1}{x\ln(10)}+2\sec(x)\tan(x)$$
 

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