Differentiate $x^{\sin x}, x > 0$ w.r.t. $x$. |
$(\sin x) x^{\sin x - 1}$ $x^{\sin x} (\cos x \ln x)$ $x^{\sin x} \left[ \frac{\sin x}{x} + \cos x \ln x \right]$ $x^{\sin x} \left[ \frac{\cos x}{x} + \sin x \ln x \right]$ |
$x^{\sin x} \left[ \frac{\sin x}{x} + \cos x \ln x \right]$ |
The correct answer is Option (3) → $x^{\sin x} \left[ \frac{\sin x}{x} + \cos x \ln x \right]$ ## Let $y = x^{\sin x}$. Taking logarithm on both sides, we have $\log y = \sin x \log x$ Therefore $\frac{1}{y} \frac{dy}{dx} = \sin x \frac{d}{dx}(\log x) + \log x \frac{d}{dx}(\sin x)$ or $\frac{1}{y} \frac{dy}{dx} = (\sin x) \frac{1}{x} + \log x \cos x$ or $\frac{dy}{dx} = y \left[ \frac{\sin x}{x} + \cos x \log x \right]$ $= x^{\sin x} \left[ \frac{\sin x}{x} + \cos x \log x \right]$ |