Convert to natural logs, differentiate with the quotient rule, and evaluate at x=e where lnx=1, ln(lnx)=0.
Differentiating a change-of-base logarithm is a CBSE/NCERT Class 12 continuity and differentiability exercise.
Using change of base, f(x)=logx(logex)=lnxln(lnx).
Let N=ln(lnx) and D=lnx. Then
N′=lnx1⋅x1=xlnx1,D′=x1.
Quotient rule:
f′(x)=D2N′D−ND′=(lnx)2xlnx1⋅lnx−ln(lnx)⋅x1=(lnx)2x1(1−ln(lnx)).
At x=e: lnx=1 and ln(lnx)=ln1=0, so
f′(e)=12e1(1−0)=e1.