Exercise 5.5

If u, v and w are functions of x, then show that $\frac{d}{d x}(u . v \cdot w)=\frac{d u}{d x} v w+u \cdot \frac{d v}{d x} w+u . v \frac{d w}{d x}$ in two ways – first by repeated application of product rule, second by logarithmic differentiation.

Solution: Provided $u, v$ and $w$ are the functions of $x$. We need to prove: $\frac{d}{d x}(u \cdot v \cdot w)=\frac{d u}{d x} \cdot v \cdot w+u \cdot \frac{d v}{d x} \cdot w+u \cdot v \cdot...

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