Differentiate with respect to .
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B.
- Step 1: Use the product rule with and .
- Step 2: and .
- Step 3: .
Answer
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Why not the others: : differentiates but treats as a constant. : differentiates only the exponential. : forgets the chain-rule factor for .
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