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OpenStudy (dls):

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OpenStudy (dls):

\[y=\frac{xsinx}{sinx+cosx}\]

OpenStudy (dls):

Find dy/dx

OpenStudy (hba):

I think you should try to differentiate it your self Remember, (U/V) formula.

OpenStudy (dls):

\[\frac{(sinx+cosx)d(xsinx)-xsinxd(sinx+cosx)}{(sinx+cosx)^{2}}\]

OpenStudy (dls):

that is /dx is that so?

OpenStudy (dls):

is it -xsinx?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes, that's the one. one trick in answering these kinds of questions is using natural logs to simplify the thing before you proceed. \(\ln y= \ln x + \ln sinx - \ln(\sin x+\cos x)\) this is much easier on the eyes...lol

OpenStudy (dls):

wait i guess ive done it wrong :X

OpenStudy (dls):

and i dont really know logs

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ah well, then just use the original formula then. Godspeed. though \( (\ln u)'=\frac{u'}{u}\), this is the one using log.

OpenStudy (dls):

CAN U PLEASE TELL ME THE NEXT STEP OF WHAT I WROTE ABOVE :/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you familiar with the chain rule? you'll need it for \(d(x sin x)\)

OpenStudy (dls):

yes I am,just write the next step so i can confirm it!!

OpenStudy (dls):

i solved d(xsinx) as (1+cosx)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

by the product rule, d(xsinx) =x d(sinx) + sin x dx =x cos x+ sinx though

OpenStudy (dls):

okay yeah!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the whole complex thing becomes: \[\frac{(sin x + cos x)(x \cos x + sin x)-x \sin x(cos x - sin x)}{(sin x + cos x)^2}\]. note that some terms will cancel out beautifully...lol

OpenStudy (dls):

\[\frac{(xcosx+sinx)-sinx(cosx-sinx)}{(sinx+cosx)} \] how far do i simplify after this?

OpenStudy (dls):

@shadowys

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how did you get that? no, you can't cancel one side only. Both of them on the denominator must have (sinx + cos x) to cancel out. Expand the original one.

OpenStudy (dls):

IM GETTING TANX/2 O_O

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh my. lol can I see your steps? in a pic perhaps?

OpenStudy (dls):

\[\frac{(xcosxsinx+\sin^{2]x+xcos^{2}x-xsinxcosx+xsin^{2}x}}{(sinx+cosx)^{2}} \]

OpenStudy (dls):

what happned to the text lol

OpenStudy (dls):

\[\frac{xcosxsinx+\sin^{2}x+xcos^{2}x-xsinxcosx+xsin^{2}x}{(sinx+cosx^{2})} \]

OpenStudy (dls):

something like this?

OpenStudy (dls):

so \[\frac{1+\sin^{2}x}{(1+2sinxcosx)}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think you missed a sin x cos x up there, from (sinx+cosx)(xcosx+sinx)

OpenStudy (dls):

ohyeah :p

OpenStudy (dls):

numerator== 1+sinxcosx+sin^2x ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah, but \(x cos^2 x +x sin^2 x\)= x, too,~

OpenStudy (dls):

AH so x+sinxcosx+sin^2x/1+2sinxcosx?!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yh, can't be simplified further, i guess

OpenStudy (dls):

:D!

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