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Implicit derivative of $$$\ln\left(y\right) = x \ln\left(2\right)$$$ with respect to $$$x$$$
Your Input
Find $$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(\ln\left(y\right) = x \ln\left(2\right)\right)$$$.
Solution
Differentiate separately both sides of the equation (treat $$$y$$$ as a function of $$$x$$$): $$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(\ln\left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)\right) = \frac{d}{dx} \left(x \ln\left(2\right)\right)$$$.
Differentiate the LHS of the equation.
The function $$$\ln\left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)$$$ is the composition $$$f{\left(g{\left(x \right)} \right)}$$$ of two functions $$$f{\left(u \right)} = \ln\left(u\right)$$$ and $$$g{\left(x \right)} = y{\left(x \right)}$$$.
Apply the chain rule $$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(f{\left(g{\left(x \right)} \right)}\right) = \frac{d}{du} \left(f{\left(u \right)}\right) \frac{d}{dx} \left(g{\left(x \right)}\right)$$$:
$${\color{red}\left(\frac{d}{dx} \left(\ln\left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)\right)\right)} = {\color{red}\left(\frac{d}{du} \left(\ln\left(u\right)\right) \frac{d}{dx} \left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)\right)}$$The derivative of the natural logarithm is $$$\frac{d}{du} \left(\ln\left(u\right)\right) = \frac{1}{u}$$$:
$${\color{red}\left(\frac{d}{du} \left(\ln\left(u\right)\right)\right)} \frac{d}{dx} \left(y{\left(x \right)}\right) = {\color{red}\left(\frac{1}{u}\right)} \frac{d}{dx} \left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)$$Return to the old variable:
$$\frac{\frac{d}{dx} \left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)}{{\color{red}\left(u\right)}} = \frac{\frac{d}{dx} \left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)}{{\color{red}\left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)}}$$Thus, $$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(\ln\left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)\right) = \frac{\frac{d}{dx} \left(y{\left(x \right)}\right)}{y{\left(x \right)}}$$$.
Differentiate the RHS of the equation.
Apply the constant multiple rule $$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(c f{\left(x \right)}\right) = c \frac{d}{dx} \left(f{\left(x \right)}\right)$$$ with $$$c = \ln\left(2\right)$$$ and $$$f{\left(x \right)} = x$$$:
$${\color{red}\left(\frac{d}{dx} \left(x \ln\left(2\right)\right)\right)} = {\color{red}\left(\ln\left(2\right) \frac{d}{dx} \left(x\right)\right)}$$Apply the power rule $$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(x^{n}\right) = n x^{n - 1}$$$ with $$$n = 1$$$, in other words, $$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(x\right) = 1$$$:
$$\ln\left(2\right) {\color{red}\left(\frac{d}{dx} \left(x\right)\right)} = \ln\left(2\right) {\color{red}\left(1\right)}$$Thus, $$$\frac{d}{dx} \left(x \ln\left(2\right)\right) = \ln\left(2\right)$$$.
Therefore, we have obtained the following linear equation with respect to the derivative: $$$\frac{\frac{dy}{dx}}{y} = \ln\left(2\right)$$$.
Solving it, we obtain that $$$\frac{dy}{dx} = y \ln\left(2\right)$$$.
Answer
$$$\frac{dy}{dx} = y \ln\left(2\right)$$$A