How do you differentiate f(x)=csc(ln(1x4)) using the chain rule?

1 Answer
May 21, 2017

4csc(4lnx)cot(4lnx)x

Explanation:

This can be rewritten as:
csc(4lnx)

The derivative of:
csc(u)=csc(u)cot(u)
lnu=1u

Solving by the chain rule:
ddx(csc(4lnx))=csc(4lnx)cot(4lnx)(ddx[4lnx])
=csc(4lnx)cot(4lnx)(4x)
=4csc(4lnx)cot(4lnx)x