bit of maths help

ghost101 said:
Also this would be

f(x) = e^(3x-1).(3x+5)^3

f'(x) = 3e^(3x-1).(3x+5)^3 + e^(3x-1).3.3.(3x+5)^2

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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14346858&postcount=22

Did you do A-level Maths? This is like the first thing you learn.



Also in this thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18020834&highlight=username_mattheman

you say that you got a job as an analyst in fixed income and derivative markets and you can't even differentiate?
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iam trying to remember this stuff.
 
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here are some other examples that might help you understand

f(x) = sin(3*x), f'(x) = 3*cos(3*x)

f(x) = e^(sin(x)), f'(x) = cos(x)*e^(sin(x))

basically, you have a function inside another function,

e being the exponential function, 3x^2 being the function side the exponential function

is the case of f(x) = e^(3*x^2), this can be written as the 2 seperate function such that f(x) = g(h(x)). g(x) = e^x and h(x) = 3*x^2

using the general formula f'(x) = h'(x)*g'(h(x))
g'(x) = e^x
h'(x) = 6*x

another way of putting it would be to differentiate the bit inside, and this is what you multiply the initial function by once you have differentiated that
 
marc_howarth said:
here are some other examples that might help you understand

f(x) = sin(3*x), f'(x) = 3*cos(3*x)

f(x) = e^(sin(x)), f'(x) = cos(x)*e^(sin(x))

basically, you have a function inside another function,

e being the exponential function, 3x^2 being the function side the exponential function

is the case of f(x) = e^(3*x^2), this can be written as the 2 seperate function such that f(x) = g(h(x)). g(x) = e^x and h(x) = 3*x^2

using the general formula f'(x) = h'(x)*g'(h(x))
g'(x) = e^x
h'(x) = 6*x

another way of putting it would be to differentiate the bit inside, and this is what you multiply the initial function by once you have differentiated that
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so y=e^3x = y'=3e^3x so y'' 9e^3x
this answer is right just checked it .
 
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Next time, just post a scan of the question. You really should have textbooks for this sort of thing though, they're not complicated questions.
 
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