Techniques of Differentiation - Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

Techniques of Differentiation - Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

Differentiate with respect to \(x\) of the following expressions leaving your answers in terms of \(x\):

  1. \(\frac{\sec (\ln x)}{x}\)
  2. \(\frac{e^{-2x}}{5^x}\)
  3. \(\ln \sqrt{e^{1+\sec x}}\)
  4. \(x^\pi\)
  5. \(\pi^x\)
  6. \(2^{\ln x}\)
  7. \(5^{\cos x}\)
  8. \(x^x\)
  9. \((\ln x)^x\)

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Answer: (a) \(\frac{\sec \left( \ln x \right)\left[ \tan \left( \ln x \right)-1 \right]}{{{x}^{2}}}\) (b) \(\frac{{{e}^{-2x}}\left[ \ln 5-2 \right]}{{{5}^{x}}}\) (c) \(\frac{1}{2}\ln \left( \sec x+\tan x \right)\) (d) \(\pi {{x}^{\pi -1}}\) (e) \({{\pi }^{x}}\ln \pi \) (f) \(\frac{{{2}^{\ln x}}\ln 2}{x}\) (g) \(-\sin x\left( \ln 5 \right){{5}^{\cos x}}\) (h) \({{x}^{x}}\left( 1+\ln x \right)\) (i) \({{\left( \ln x \right)}^{x}}\left[ \frac{1}{\ln x}+\ln \left( \ln x \right) \right]\)

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