Question
Differentiate (x2 - 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9) in three ways mentioned below:
  1. by using product rule
  2. by expanding the product to obtain a single polynomial
  3. by logarithmic differentiation.
    Do they all give the same answer?

Answer

  1. Given: (x2 – 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9)
    Let y = (x2 – 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9)
    By applying product rule differentiate both sides with respect to x
    $\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d}{d x}$(x2 − 5x + 8)(x3 + 7x + 9)
    $\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right) \cdot \frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right)$ + $\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right) \cdot \frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right)$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right) \cdot(2 x-5)+\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right) \cdot\left(3 x^{2}+7\right)$ $\Rightarrow \frac{{dy}}{{dx}}=2{x}^{4} +14 {x}^{2}+18 \mathrm{x}-5{x}^{3} $- 35$x$ − 45 + 3$x$+ 7$x$− 15$x$− 35$x$+ 24$x$2 + 56
    $\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}$= 5x− 20x+ 45x− 52x + 11
  2. Given: (x2 – 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9)
    Let y = (x2 – 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9)
    $\Rightarrow$y = (x2 – 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9)
    $\Rightarrow$y = x5 + 7x3 + 9x2 - 5x4 – 35x2 - 45x + 8x3 + 56x + 72
    $\Rightarrow$y = x5 - 5x4 + 15x3 - 26x2 + 11x + 72
    Now, differentiate both sides with respect to x, we get
    $\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{5}\right)-\frac{d}{d x}\left(5 x^{4}\right)+\frac{d}{d x}\left(15 x^{3}\right)-\frac{d}{d x}\left(26 x^{2}\right)+\frac{d}{d x}(11 x)+\frac{d}{d x}(72)$
    $\frac{d y}{d x}$ = 5x4 - 20x3 + 45x2 - 52x + 11  
  3. Given: (x2 – 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9)
    Let y = (x2 – 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9)
    Taking log on both sides, we get
    log y = log ((x2 – 5x + 8) (x3 + 7x + 9))
    $\Rightarrow$ log y = log (x2 – 5x + 8) + log (x3 + 7x + 9)
    Now, differentiate both sides with respect to x
    $\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{dx}}(\log \mathrm{y})=\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{dx}} \log \left(\mathrm{x}^{2}-5 \mathrm{x}+8\right)+\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{dx}} \log \left(\mathrm{x}^{3}+7 \mathrm{x}+9\right)$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{1}{\mathrm{y}} \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{dx}}(\mathrm{y})=\left[\frac{1}{\left(\mathrm{x}^{2}-5 \mathrm{x}+8\right)} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{dx}}\left(\mathrm{x}^{2}-5 \mathrm{x}+8\right)+\frac{1}{\left(\mathrm{x}^{3}+7 \mathrm{x}+9\right)} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{dx}}\left(\mathrm{x}^{3}+7 \mathrm{x}+9\right)\right]$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{1}{y} \frac{d}{d x}(y)=\left[\frac{1}{\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right)} \cdot(2 x-5)+\frac{1}{\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right)} \cdot\left(3 x^{2}+7\right)\right]$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{d}{d x}(y)=y \cdot\left[\frac{(2 x-5)}{\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right)}+\frac{\left(3 x^{2}+7\right)}{\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right)}\right]$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{d}{d x}(y)=y \cdot\left[\frac{(2 x-5)\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right)+\left(3 x^{2}+7\right)\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right)}{\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right)\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right)}\right]$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{d}{d x}(y)$$=y \cdot\left[\frac{2 x^{4}+14 x^{2}+18 x-5 x^{3}-35 x-45+3 x^{4}-15 x^{3}+24 x^{2}+7 x^{2}-35 x+56}{\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right)\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right)}\right]$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{d}{d x}(y)=\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right)\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right)$.$\left[\frac{5 x^{4}-20 x^{3}-45 x^{2}-52 x+11}{\left(x^{2}-5 x+8\right)\left(x^{3}+7 x+9\right)}\right]$
    $\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}$ = 5x4 - 20x3 + 45x2 - 52x + 11

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