022 Exam 2 Sample A, Problem 1

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Find the derivative of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y\,=\,\ln \frac{(x+5)(x-1)}{x}.}

Foundations:  
This problem is best approached through properties of logarithms. Remember that

     Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \ln (xy) = \ln x + \ln y,}
and

     Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \ln \left( \frac{x}{y}\right) = \ln x - \ln y,}
You will also need to apply
The Chain Rule: If Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f} and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g} are differentiable functions, then

     Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (f\circ g)'(x) = f'(g(x))\cdot g'(x).}
Finally, recall that the derivative of natural log is
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left(\ln x\right)'\,=\,\frac{1}{x}.}

 Solution:

Step 1:  
We can use the log rules to rewrite our function as
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle y\,=\,\ln (x+5)+\ln(x-1)-\ln(x).}
Step 2:  
We can differentiate term-by-term, applying the chain rule to the first two to find

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} y' & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{x+5}\cdot(x+5)'+\frac{1}{x-1}\cdot(x-1)'+\frac{1}{x}}\\ \\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{1}{x+5}+\frac{1}{x-1}+\frac{1}{x}}. \end{array}}
Final Answer:  

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