Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3 - Section 3.4 - The Chain Rule - 3.4 Exercises - Page 206: 4

Answer

$\frac{dy}{dx}=2x\sec^2(x^2)$

Work Step by Step

Considering $u=x^2$, the function can be written as $y=\tan (u)$. We have $y=f(g(x))$ where $g(x)=x^2$ and $f(u)=\tan (u)$. Then, $\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{dy}{du}\cdot \frac{du}{dx}$ (By the chain rule) $=\frac{d}{du}(\tan (u))\cdot \frac{d}{dx}(x^2)$ (Use the derivative for trigonometric function) $=\sec^2(u)\cdot 2x$ $=\sec^2(x^2)\cdot 2x$ $=2x\sec^2(x^2)$ Thus, $\frac{dy}{dx}=2x\sec^2(x^2)$
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