Mister Exam

Derivative of log(x-1)

Function f() - derivative -N order at the point
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The solution

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log(x - 1)
log(x1)\log{\left(x - 1 \right)}
d             
--(log(x - 1))
dx            
ddxlog(x1)\frac{d}{d x} \log{\left(x - 1 \right)}
Detail solution
  1. Let u=x1u = x - 1.

  2. The derivative of log(u)\log{\left(u \right)} is 1u\frac{1}{u}.

  3. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by ddx(x1)\frac{d}{d x} \left(x - 1\right):

    1. Differentiate x1x - 1 term by term:

      1. Apply the power rule: xx goes to 11

      2. The derivative of the constant (1)1\left(-1\right) 1 is zero.

      The result is: 11

    The result of the chain rule is:

    1x1\frac{1}{x - 1}

  4. Now simplify:

    1x1\frac{1}{x - 1}


The answer is:

1x1\frac{1}{x - 1}

The graph
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The first derivative [src]
  1  
-----
x - 1
1x1\frac{1}{x - 1}
The second derivative [src]
   -1    
---------
        2
(-1 + x) 
1(x1)2- \frac{1}{\left(x - 1\right)^{2}}
The third derivative [src]
    2    
---------
        3
(-1 + x) 
2(x1)3\frac{2}{\left(x - 1\right)^{3}}
The graph
Derivative of log(x-1)