Let .
Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by :
Apply the quotient rule, which is:
and .
To find :
Apply the power rule: goes to
To find :
The derivative of is .
Now plug in to the quotient rule:
The result of the chain rule is:
The answer is:
x ------ log(x) / 1 1 \ 2 *|------ - -------|*log(2) |log(x) 2 | \ log (x)/
x / 2 \ ------ | 2 1 - ------| log(x) |/ 1 \ log(x)| 2 *||1 - ------| *log(2) - ----------|*log(2) \\ log(x)/ x / -------------------------------------------------- 2 log (x)
/ 6 3 \ x |1 - ------- / 1 \ 2 / 1 \ / 2 \ | ------ | 2 |1 - ------| *log (2) 3*|1 - ------|*|1 - ------|*log(2)| log(x) | log (x) \ log(x)/ \ log(x)/ \ log(x)/ | 2 *|----------- + --------------------- - ----------------------------------|*log(2) | 2 log(x) x*log(x) | \ x / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 log (x)