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9.8 Implicit Differentiation

9.8 Implicit Differentiation

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Question 23

In a study of harmonic oscillations with variable frequency, the power P P\,P produced by a generator at time t t\,t is modeled by the equation

P=tcos⁡(3t)t>1,P>0 P = t^{\cos(3t)} \quad t > 1, \quad P > 0 P=tcos(3t)t>1,P>0
a.

Find, by firstly taking natural logarithms, an expression for dPdt\frac{dP}{dt}dtdP​ in terms of ttt and PPP.

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b.

Hence show that the values of t t\,t for which the power is stationary are solutions of the equation

3tln⁡ttan⁡(3t)=1 3t \ln t \tan(3t) = 1 3tlnttan(3t)=1
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