Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1337613924
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Chapter 3 - Section 3.4 - The Chain Rule - 3.4 Exercises - Page 206: 3

Answer

$\frac{dy}{dx}=-\sin x\cos (\cos x)$

Work Step by Step

Considering $u=\cos x$, the function can be written as $y=\sin(u)$. We have $y=f(g(x))$ where $g(x)=\cos x$ and $f(u)=\sin(u)$. Then, $\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{dy}{du}\cdot \frac{du}{dx}$ (By the chain rule) $=\frac{d}{du}(\sin(u))\cdot \frac{d}{dx}(\cos x)$ (Use the derivative for trigonometric) $=\cos (u)\cdot (-\sin x)$ $=\cos(\cos x)\cdot (-\sin x)$ $=-\sin x\cos (\cos x)$ Thus, $\frac{dy}{dx}=-\sin x\cos (\cos x)$
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