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"display": "derivative of $$y=x^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}$$",
"symbolab_question": "PRE_CALC#derivative y=x^{\\sin(x)}"
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"title": "$$\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(x^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}\\right)=x^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}\\left(\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{x}\\right)$$",
"input": "\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(x^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}\\right)",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply exponent rule: $$a^{b}=e^{b\\ln\\left(a\\right)}$$",
"secondary": [
"$$x^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}=e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}$$"
],
"result": "=\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}\\right)",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Apply the chain rule:$${\\quad}e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)$$",
"input": "\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}\\right)",
"result": "=e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the chain rule: $$\\frac{df\\left(u\\right)}{dx}=\\frac{df}{du}\\cdot\\frac{du}{dx}$$",
"secondary": [
"$$f=e^{u},\\:\\:u=\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)$$"
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"result": "=\\frac{d}{du}\\left(e^{u}\\right)\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\frac{d}{du}\\left(e^{u}\\right)=e^{u}$$",
"input": "\\frac{d}{du}\\left(e^{u}\\right)",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the common derivative: $$\\frac{d}{du}\\left(e^{u}\\right)=e^{u}$$",
"result": "=e^{u}"
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"result": "=e^{u}\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Substitute back $$u=\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)"
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"title": "$$\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)=\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{x}$$",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the Product Rule: $$\\left(f{\\cdot}g\\right)'=f'{\\cdot}g+f{\\cdot}g'$$",
"secondary": [
"$$f=\\sin\\left(x\\right),\\:g=\\ln\\left(x\\right)$$"
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"result": "=\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\sin\\left(x\\right)",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\right)=\\cos\\left(x\\right)$$",
"input": "\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\right)",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the common derivative: $$\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\right)=\\cos\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=\\cos\\left(x\\right)"
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"title": "$$\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)=\\frac{1}{x}$$",
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"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the common derivative: $$\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\ln\\left(x\\right)\\right)=\\frac{1}{x}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{x}"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{1}{x}\\sin\\left(x\\right)"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\frac{1}{x}\\sin\\left(x\\right)=\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{x}$$",
"input": "\\frac{1}{x}\\sin\\left(x\\right)",
"result": "=\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{x}",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply fractions: $$a\\cdot\\frac{b}{c}=\\frac{a\\:\\cdot\\:b}{c}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1\\cdot\\:\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{x}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply: $$1\\cdot\\:\\sin\\left(x\\right)=\\sin\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{x}"
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"result": "=e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}\\left(\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{x}\\right)"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}=x^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}$$",
"input": "e^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)}",
"result": "=x^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}\\left(\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\ln\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{x}\\right)",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply exponent rule: $$a^{bc}=\\left(a^{b}\\right)^{c}$$",
"result": "=\\left(e^{\\ln\\left(x\\right)}\\right)^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply log rule: $$a^{\\log_{a}\\left(b\\right)}=b$$",
"secondary": [
"$$e^{\\ln\\left(x\\right)}=x$$"
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"result": "=x^{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}",
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