Techniques of Differentiation - Derivatives of Natural Logarithmic Functions

Techniques of Differentiation - Derivatives of Natural Logarithmic Functions

TGM Original Questions

Find the derivative of each of the following functions with respect to \(x\).

  1. \(f(x) = \ln \left(\cos^2 3x \tan^3 3x\right)\)
  2. \(f(x) = \ln \left(\tan^2 x \sqrt{\cos x}\right)\)
  3. \(f(x) = \ln \sqrt{\frac{2 - \sin x}{\tan^3 x}}\)
  4. \(f(x) = \ln \sqrt{\frac{\cos 2x}{\tan^2 x}}\)

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Answer:(i) \(-6\tan 3x+9\dfrac{\sec^2 3x}{\tan 3x}\) (ii) \(2\dfrac{\sec^2x}{\tan x}-\dfrac12\tan x\) (iii) \(-\dfrac{\cos x}{2(2-\sin x)}-\dfrac32\dfrac{\sec^2x}{\tan x}\) (iv) \(-\tan 2x-\dfrac{\sec^2x}{\tan x}\)

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