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This document covers differentiating the exponential and natural logarithm functions. It begins by stating the objectives of being able to differentiate the exponential function, differentiate the natural logarithm function, and use rules to differentiate combinations of these functions. It then provides examples of differentiating basic exponential and logarithm functions. General formulas are presented for differentiating exponential and logarithm functions using the chain rule. Tips are provided for differentiating logarithmic functions by first expanding the expression using logarithm rules.

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Maths

This document covers differentiating the exponential and natural logarithm functions. It begins by stating the objectives of being able to differentiate the exponential function, differentiate the natural logarithm function, and use rules to differentiate combinations of these functions. It then provides examples of differentiating basic exponential and logarithm functions. General formulas are presented for differentiating exponential and logarithm functions using the chain rule. Tips are provided for differentiating logarithmic functions by first expanding the expression using logarithm rules.

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Chapter 4.

Di¤erentiation

The derivative of the exponential and natural


logarithm functions
GBS

...

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The derivative of the exponential and natural logarithm

functions
Objective

At the end of this section you should be able to:


Di¤erentiate the exponential function.

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The derivative of the exponential and natural logarithm

functions
Objective

At the end of this section you should be able to:


Di¤erentiate the exponential function.
Di¤erentiate the natural logarithm function.

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The derivative of the exponential and natural logarithm

functions
Objective

At the end of this section you should be able to:


Di¤erentiate the exponential function.
Di¤erentiate the natural logarithm function.
Use the chain, product and quotient rules to di¤erentiate
combinations of these functions.

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The derivative of the exponential and natural logarithm

functions
Objective

At the end of this section you should be able to:


Di¤erentiate the exponential function.
Di¤erentiate the natural logarithm function.
Use the chain, product and quotient rules to di¤erentiate
combinations of these functions.
Appreciate the use of the exponential function in economic modelling.

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The derivative of the exponential function

The derivative of the logarithmic function

Example
Di¤erentiate
(a) y = e 2x (b) y = e 7x (c) y = ln5x (x > 0) (d)
y = ln559x (x > 0)
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Solution
(a) if y = e 2x then dy
dx = 2e
2x

(b) if y = e 7x then dydx = 7e 7x


dy 1
(c) if y = ln5x then dx = x
(d) if y = ln559x then dydx = x
1

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General formulas
if y = e u (x ) by the chain rule of derivation we will have
dy dy du 0 u (x ) so
dx = du dx = u (x )e

d e u (x )
= u 0 ( x ) e u (x )
dx
the same treatment holds to logarithmic functions to have:

d (ln(u (x )) u 0 (x )
=
dx u (x )

Example
Di¤erentiate

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Tips for logarithmic functions

It is usually quicker to use the rules of logs to expand the expression before
you begin the di¤erentiation.

Example
Di¤erentiate

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Problem

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