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Grade 12th passDifferential Calculus

find the nth derivative of ( xn-1 logx ) using leibnitz theorem

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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8 Years ago
Dear Student,
 
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F1n-1  = xn-2 + (n-1)xn-2logx
=  xn-2 + (n-1)Fn-2
differentiate again to get:
F2n-1 = (n-2)xn-3  + (n-1) xn-3 +(n-1)(n-2)Fn-3
similarly we can say that,
Fnn-1 = (n-1)(n-2)(n-3) ........3.2.1 xn-n
          =(n-1)!                          [Ans]
Cheers!!
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Vikas (B. Tech. 4th year
Thapar University)