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# What is the derivative of y=xlnx?

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Mar 23, 2018

$\ln x + 1$ evaluated via Product Rule

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The answer is: $y ' = 1 \cdot \ln x + x \cdot \frac{1}{x} = \ln x + 1$.

This is because the theorem of derivative of product (Product Rule) says:

$y = f \left(x\right) \cdot g \left(x\right) \Rightarrow y ' \left(x\right) = f ' \left(x\right) \cdot g \left(x\right) + f \left(x\right) \cdot g ' \left(x\right)$ where

$f \left(x\right) = x$

$f ' \left(x\right) = 1$

$g \left(x\right) = \ln x$

$g ' \left(x\right) = \frac{1}{x}$

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