Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
So when x and y, vary inversely, it means that the product of x and y will remain constant such that: 
. This means that the function can be defined as 
by dividing both sides by x. In this case x=12, and y=8, this means the constant is equal to 12 * 8 which is 96. So we have the equation: 
, which can be defined as
12÷5=1.5 of licorice will each person get
This is quite a complex problem. I wrote out a really nice solution but I can't work out how to put it on the website as the app is very poorly made. Still, I'll just have to type it all in...
Okay so you need to use a technique called logarithmic differentiation. It seems quite unnatural to start with but the result is very impressive.
Let y = (x+8)^(3x)
Take the natural log of both sides:
ln(y) = ln((x+8)^(3x))
By laws of logarithms, this can be rearranged:
ln(y) = 3xln(x+8)
Next, differentiate both sides. By implicit differentiation:
d/dx(ln(y)) = 1/y dy/dx
The right hand side is harder to differentiate. Using the substitution u = 3x and v = ln(x+8):
d/dx(3xln(x+8)) = d/dx(uv)
du/dx = 3
Finding dv/dx is harder, and involves the chain rule. Let a = x+ 8:
v = ln(a)
da/dx = 1
dv/da = 1/a
By chain rule:
dv/dx = dv/da * da/dx = 1/a = 1/(x+8)
Finally, use the product rule:
d/dx(uv) = u * dv/dx + v * du/dx = 3x/(x+8) + 3ln(x+8)
This overall produces the equation:
1/y * dy/dx = 3x/(x+8) + 3ln(x+8)
We want to solve for dy/dx, achievable by multiplying both sides by y:
dy/dx = y(3x/(x+8) + 3ln(x+8))
Since we know y = (x+8)^(3x):
dy/dx = ((x+8)^(3x))(3x/(x+8) + 3ln(x+8))
Neatening this up a bit, we factorise out 3/(x+8):
dy/dx = (3(x+8)^(3x-1))(x + (x+8)ln(x+8))
Well wasn't that a marathon? It's a nightmare typing that in, I hope you can follow all the steps.
I hope this helped you :)
