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differentiating e^(x^2) (1 Viewer)

Thread starter Sien
Start date Feb 7, 2015

Sien

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How do you find th first and second derivative of e^(x^2)? This is my first encounter with such. Would the first derivative be e^(2x)

Rhinoz8142

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Sien said:
How do you find th first and second derivative of e^(x^2)? This is my first encounter with such. Would the first derivative be e^(2x)

http://math2.org/math/derivatives/more/e^x.htm

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Drongoski

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Use the Chain Rule

$\frac {d}{dx}e^{x^2}= \frac {d e^{x^2}}{d x^2} \times \frac {d x^2}{dx} = e^{x^2} \times 2x = 2xe^{x^2}$

Last edited: Feb 7, 2015

snowflakeptical

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#4

or in simple words (aka the way my brain like to remember it)
find the derivative of the index then multiply it to the term

you still keep the e^(x^2)

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