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Splitting logs
In our bridging course (and indeed in Maths 1M and Maths 1A and several other courses) there is a section on differentiating logarithmic functions. One of the classic questions that we ask in such a section is to differentiate the log of some horrifying function, with the intention that the students use the log laws to simplify the original function first and then differentiate. There is something about this particular type of question has long bothered me and I only just figured out how to resolve my issue with it. I'm so excited I need to share it somewhere!
