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need help with this qn, pls explain too

Date Posted: 3 years ago
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Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
3 years ago
pi x is simply a constant pi multiplied by x.

It’s pi when you differentiate it, similar to other constants.
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3 years ago
why is it not pi/pix tho, as the rule says its differentiate/copy
kind of confused with this topic even for exponential and trigonometric differentiation ....
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
3 years ago
Because we are simply differentiating a constant multiplier of x.

Saying that d/dx (pi x) = pi / pi x is like saying that d/dx (5x) = 5 / 5x, which is not correct.

But if you are talking about d/dx ln (pi x), then yes, it’s pi / pi x.

Unfortunately, we are doing the differential of ln (pi x - 6x2).

The rule for this says that differentiate this entire function f(x) gives

1 / (the function in the brackets)

times the differential of the function in the brackets.
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
3 years ago
So d/dx ln (pi x - 6x2)
= 1 / (pi x - 6x2) times the differential of (pi x - 6x2)

Because the thing inside the bracket is not just pi x, but the entire (pi x - 6x2).
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3 years ago
ohh so for the numerator, its just differentiating pix-6x^2 alone so the ln differentiation rule is not applied and normal differentiation rule is applied instead? the denominator will be just copying pix-6x^2
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
3 years ago
Yes
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3 years ago
thx :)

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