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If y=e³ˣ, then what is (d²ʸ/dx²) (d²ˣ/dy²)?

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Final answer:

To find (d²ʸ/dx²) (d²ˣ/dy²), we differentiate y = e³ˣ with respect to x using the chain rule and differentiate (d²ˣ/dy²) = (d²/dy²)(3ˣ), which results in 0. Multiplying the two derivatives gives us the final answer of 0.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find (d²ʸ/dx²) (d²ˣ/dy²), we first need to differentiate y = e³ˣ with respect to x.

Using the chain rule, we have:

(d/dx)(e³ˣ) = 3e³ˣ * (d/dx)(3ˣ)

Since (d/dx)(3ˣ) = 3ˣ * ln(3), we can substitute it back into the previous equation to get:

(d/dx)(e³ˣ) = 3e³ˣ * 3ˣ * ln(3)

Next, we differentiate (d²ˣ/dy²) = (d²/dy²)(3ˣ).

Since 3ˣ is a constant with respect to y, the second derivative is zero. Therefore, (d²ˣ/dy²) = 0.

Finally, we multiply the two derivatives:

(d²ʸ/dx²) (d²ˣ/dy²) = (3e³ˣ * 3ˣ * ln(3)) * 0 = 0.

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