How do you differentiate y=-5^(4x^3)?

1 Answer
Jan 30, 2016

you have to use chain rule to differentiate this function. this is how you do it,

Explanation:

(dy)/(dx)
=d/(dx)(-5^(4x^3))

=-d/(dx)(5^(4x^3))

suppose, a=5 so,

-d/(dx)(5^(4x^3))

=-5^(4x^3)ln5d/(dx)(4x^3)[as, d/(dx)(a^x)=a^xlna]

=-5^(4x^3)ln5*4*3x^2

=-12*5^(4x^3)x^2ln5