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Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
We have,
$y=x^{x^{x^{x^{x^{...}}}}}$
$\Rightarrow y=x^y$
$\Rightarrow y=e^{y \log x}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=e^{y \log x} \frac{d}{d x}(y \log x)$
$\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=x^y\left(\frac{d y}{d x} \log x+\frac{y}{x}\right)$
$\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=y\left(\frac{d y}{d x} \log x+\frac{y}{x}\right)$ $\left[∵ y=x^y\right]$
$\Rightarrow \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{y^2}{x(1-y \log x)}$