Differentiate .
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D.
- Step 1: Write and use the chain rule twice.
- Step 2: Outer power: ; derivative of : .
- Step 3: .
Answer
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Why not the others: misses the 3 from the inner function; drops the cosine; the last has the sign of the derivative of cosine.
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