Derivative of 6^tan(x)

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 tan(x)
6

$$6^{\tan{\left(x \right)}}$$

6^tan(x)

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Let $u = \tan{\left(x \right)}$ .
$\frac{d}{d u} 6^{u} = 6^{u} \log{\left(6 \right)}$
Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by $\frac{d}{d x} \tan{\left(x \right)}$ :
1. Rewrite the function to be differentiated:
  
  $\tan{\left(x \right)} = \frac{\sin{\left(x \right)}}{\cos{\left(x \right)}}$
2. Apply the quotient rule, which is:
  
  $\frac{d}{d x} \frac{f{\left(x \right)}}{g{\left(x \right)}} = \frac{- f{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)} + g{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}}{g^{2}{\left(x \right)}}$
  
  $f{\left(x \right)} = \sin{\left(x \right)}$ and $g{\left(x \right)} = \cos{\left(x \right)}$ .
  
  To find $\frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}$ :
  1. The derivative of sine is cosine:
    
    $\frac{d}{d x} \sin{\left(x \right)} = \cos{\left(x \right)}$
  To find $\frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)}$ :
  1. The derivative of cosine is negative sine:
    
    $\frac{d}{d x} \cos{\left(x \right)} = - \sin{\left(x \right)}$
  Now plug in to the quotient rule:
  
  $\frac{\sin^{2}{\left(x \right)} + \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}$
The result of the chain rule is:

$\frac{6^{\tan{\left(x \right)}} \left(\sin^{2}{\left(x \right)} + \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}\right) \log{\left(6 \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}$
Now simplify:

$\frac{6^{\tan{\left(x \right)}} \log{\left(6 \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}$

The answer is:

$\frac{6^{\tan{\left(x \right)}} \log{\left(6 \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}$

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The first derivative [src]

 tan(x) /       2   \       
6      *\1 + tan (x)/*log(6)

$$6^{\tan{\left(x \right)}} \left(\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \log{\left(6 \right)}$$

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The second derivative [src]

 tan(x) /       2   \ /           /       2   \       \       
6      *\1 + tan (x)/*\2*tan(x) + \1 + tan (x)/*log(6)/*log(6)

$$6^{\tan{\left(x \right)}} \left(\left(\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \log{\left(6 \right)} + 2 \tan{\left(x \right)}\right) \left(\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \log{\left(6 \right)}$$

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The third derivative [src]

                      /                             2                                        \       
 tan(x) /       2   \ |         2      /       2   \     2        /       2   \              |       
6      *\1 + tan (x)/*\2 + 6*tan (x) + \1 + tan (x)/ *log (6) + 6*\1 + tan (x)/*log(6)*tan(x)/*log(6)

$$6^{\tan{\left(x \right)}} \left(\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \left(\left(\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right)^{2} \log{\left(6 \right)}^{2} + 6 \left(\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \log{\left(6 \right)} \tan{\left(x \right)} + 6 \tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 2\right) \log{\left(6 \right)}$$

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