Given,
y(x)=(xx)x
Taking loge both side
lny(x)=x2⋅lnx
Now differentiating both side w.r.t x we get,
y(x)1⋅y′(x)=xx2+2x⋅lnx
y′(x)=y(x)[x+2xlnx] .......(i)
Given y(1)=1, so y′(1)=1
Now rewriting equation (i) again we get,
dydx=xx2+1(1+2lnx)1
Now dy2d2x=dxd((xx2+1(1+2lnx))−1)dydx
⇒dy2d2x=(xx2(1+2lnx))3−xx2(1+2lnx)(x2+3+2x2lnx)×1
⇒(dy2d2x)x=1=−4
So, (dy2d2x)x=1+20=−4+20=16