Differentiation of log x w.r.t $\frac{1}{x}$ is :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → $-x$
$\frac{d(\log x)}{dz}=\frac{1}{x}\frac{dx}{dz}$
$\frac{d(\frac{1}{x})}{dz}=-\frac{1}{x^2}\frac{dx}{dz}$
$∴\frac{d(\log x)}{d(\frac{1}{-x})}=\frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{1}{x^2}}=\frac{-x^2}{x}=-x$