Edexcel P4 2020 October — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP4 (Pure Mathematics 4)
Year2020
SessionOctober
TopicProduct & Quotient Rules

6. A curve \(C\) has equation $$y = x ^ { \sin x } \quad x > 0 \quad y > 0$$
  1. Find, by firstly taking natural logarithms, an expression for \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x }\) in terms of \(x\) and \(y\).
  2. Hence show that the \(x\) coordinates of the stationary points of \(C\) are solutions of the equation $$\tan x + x \ln x = 0$$