$\mathbf{y=}{{\mathbf{x}}^{{{\mathbf{x}}^{\mathbf{2}}}\mathbf{-3}}}\mathbf{+(x-3}{{\mathbf{)}}^{{{\mathbf{x}}^{\mathbf{2}}}}} $ , for $ \text{x}>3 $ .
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$\text{y=}{{\text{x}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3}}}\text{+(x-3}{{\text{)}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}} $ .
Now suppose that $ \text{u=}{{\text{x}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3}}} $ and $ \text{v=(x-3}{{\text{)}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}} $
Therefore, $ \text{y=u+v} $ .
Now, differentiating both sides with respect to $ \text{x} $ gives
$\dfrac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\text{=}\dfrac{\text{du}}{\text{dx}}\text{+}\dfrac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}} $ ……. (1)
Also, $ \text{u=}{{\text{x}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3}}} $ .
Take the logarithm on both sides of the equation.
$\begin{align}&\Rightarrow\text{logu=log(}{{\text{x}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3}}}\text{)} \\&\Rightarrow\text{logu=(}{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3)logx} \\ \end{align} $
Differentiating both sides with respect to $ \text{x} $ gives
$\begin{align}&\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{u}}\dfrac{\text{du}}{\text{dx}}\text{=logx}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\text{(}{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3)+(}{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3)}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\text{(logx)}\\&\Rightarrow\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{u}}\dfrac{\text{du}}{\text{dx}}\text{=logx}\text{.2x+(}{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3)}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{x}} \\ \end{align} $
Hence, $\dfrac{\text{du}}{\text{dx}}\text{=}{{\text{x}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3}}}\text{.}\left[ \dfrac{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3}}{\text{x}}\text{+2 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ logx} \right] $ . …… (2)
Again, $ \text{v=(x-3}{{\text{)}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}} $ .
Take the logarithm on both sides of the equation.
$\begin{align}&\Rightarrow\text{logv=log(x-3}{{\text{)}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}}\\&\Rightarrow \text{logv=}{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{log(x-3)} \\ \end{align} $
Now, differentiating both sides with respect to $ \text{x} $ gives
$\begin{align}&\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{u}}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}}\text{=log(x-3)}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\text{(}{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{)+}{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\text{}\!\![\!\!\text{log(x-3)}\!\!]\!\!\text{}\\&\Rightarrow\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{u}}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}}\text{=log(x-3)}\text{.2x+}{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{1}}{\text{x-3}}\text{.}\dfrac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\text{(x-3)}\\&\Rightarrow\dfrac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}}\text{=v}\text{.}\left[\text{2xlog(x-3)+}\dfrac{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}{\text{x-3}}\text{.1} \right] \\ \end{align} $
Hence,$\dfrac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}}\text{=(x-3}{{\text{)}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}}\left[ \dfrac{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}{\text{x-3}}\text{+2xlog(x-3)} \right] $ …… (3)
Thus, from the equations (1), (2) and (3) we obtain
$\dfrac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\text{=}{{\text{x}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3}}}\left[ \dfrac{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}\text{-3}}{\text{x}}\text{+2xlogx} \right]\text{+(x-3}{{\text{)}}^{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}}\left[ \dfrac{{{\text{x}}^{\text{2}}}}{\text{x-3}}\text{+2xlog(x-3)} \right] $ .