Calculus Examples

$x^{3} \cdot 3^{x}$

Step 1

Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [f (x) g (x)]$ is $f (x) \frac{d}{d x} [g (x)] + g (x) \frac{d}{d x} [f (x)]$ where $f (x) = x^{3}$ and $g (x) = 3^{x}$ .

$x^{3} \frac{d}{d x} [3^{x}] + 3^{x} \frac{d}{d x} [x^{3}]$

Step 2

Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [a^{x}]$ is $a^{x} \ln (a)$ where $a$ = $3$ .

$x^{3} (3^{x} \ln (3)) + 3^{x} \frac{d}{d x} [x^{3}]$

Step 3

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 3$ .

$x^{3} (3^{x} \ln (3)) + 3^{x} (3 x^{2})$

Step 4

Multiply $3^{x}$ by $3$ by adding the exponents.

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Step 4.1

Move $3$ .

$x^{3} (3^{x} \ln (3)) + 3 \cdot 3^{x} x^{2}$

Step 4.2

Multiply $3$ by $3^{x}$ .

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Step 4.2.1

Raise $3$ to the power of $1$ .

$x^{3} (3^{x} \ln (3)) + 3^{1} \cdot 3^{x} x^{2}$

Step 4.2.2

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$x^{3} (3^{x} \ln (3)) + 3^{1 + x} x^{2}$

Step 5

Simplify.

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Step 5.1

Reorder terms.

$3^{x} x^{3} \ln (3) + 3^{1 + x} x^{2}$

Step 5.2

Reorder factors in $3^{x} x^{3} \ln (3) + 3^{1 + x} x^{2}$ .

$x^{3} \cdot 3^{x} \ln (3) + x^{2} \cdot 3^{1 + x}$