SOLUTION: Evaluate f '(2) if f(x) = x ln(x)

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Question 1023187: Evaluate f '(2) if f(x) = x ln(x)
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Evaluate f '(2) if f(x) = x ln(x)
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Apply the formula of a derivative of the product. You will get

f'(x) = ln(x) + 1.

Hence, f'(2) = ln(2) + 1.