How do you differentiate ln(x+4+e^-3x)ln(x+4+e3x)?

1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018

color(blue)((1-3e^(-3x))/(x+4+e^(-3x)))13e3xx+4+e3x

Explanation:

If:

y=ln(x)<=>e^y=xy=ln(x)ey=x

Using this definition for the given function:

e^y=x+4+e^(-3x)ey=x+4+e3x

Differentiating implicitly:

e^ydy/dx=1+0-3e^(-3x)eydydx=1+03e3x

Dividing by: color(white)(88)bb(e^y)88ey

dy/dx=(1-3e^(-3x))/e^ydydx=13e3xey

From above:

e^y=x+4+e^(-3x)ey=x+4+e3x

:.

dy/dx=color(blue)((1-3e^(-3x))/(x+4+e^(-3x)))