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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help with derivative of exponential functions please!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

where does the y come from?

myininaya (myininaya):

what did you get for y'?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

y'= 5/2 [1/5e^(x/5) - 1/5e^(-1/5)]

myininaya (myininaya):

ok that is very good

myininaya (myininaya):

so what happens if you find derivative again

OpenStudy (anonymous):

y''= 1/10 [e^(1/5) + e^(/1/5)]

myininaya (myininaya):

\[y''=\frac{1}{25} \cdot \frac{5}{2}(e^\frac{x}{5}+e^{-\frac{x}{5}}) \] or this right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yep

myininaya (myininaya):

so isn't y=5/2(exp(x/5)+exp(-x/5))?

myininaya (myininaya):

remember \[y=\frac{5}{2}(e^\frac{x}{5}+e^\frac{-x}{5}) ?\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

myininaya (myininaya):

ok so replace it with y then you have y''=y/25

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohhh wow, i see. i didn't notice that. thank you so much :)

myininaya (myininaya):

yep yep lol usually when you find y'' you can replace something with y

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