IB skill practice

Use logarithmic differentiation

Differentiate products, quotients, and variable powers using logarithmic differentiation.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Use logarithmic differentiation - visual logarithmic derivative item

Case B10. For \(y=x^{ 1 }(x+1)^{ 3 }\), enter \(y^\prime/y\) at \(x=4\).

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.