JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Differentiation by Substitution

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    \[\frac{{{d}^{n}}}{d{{x}^{n}}}(\log x)\]=                                                                 [RPET 2002]

    A)            \[\frac{(n-1)!}{{{x}^{n}}}\]

    B)            \[\frac{n\,!}{{{x}^{n}}}\]

    C)            \[\frac{(n-2)!}{{{x}^{n}}}\]

    D)            \[{{(-1)}^{n-1}}\frac{(n-1)!}{{{x}^{n}}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               Let \[y=\log x\]                    Þ\[{{y}_{1}}=\frac{1}{x}\],\[{{y}_{2}}=\frac{-1}{{{x}^{2}}}\], \[{{y}_{3}}=\frac{2}{{{x}^{3}}}\],??\[{{y}_{n}}=\frac{{{(-1)}^{n-1}}(n-1)!}{{{x}^{n}}}\].


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