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Example Question #395 : Functions
Find the derivative of
To solve this problem, we need the power rule, the derivative formulas for sine and cosine, and the chain rule.
The chain rule states that:
In this problem, we will have to apply the chain rule twice. This is because the is inside the sine function which is inside the cosine function.
In this problem, , , and we have another function
For this problem, we are using the chain rule in this form:
To evaluate these derivatives, we need the power rule and the derivatives of sine and cosine which state:
Now, plugging these equations into the chain rule, we obtain:
Example Question #396 : Functions
Find the derivative of
To solve this problem, we need the derivative of a constant, the derivative of the trigonometric function cosine, and the chain rule.
First, let's rewrite the function in terms of a power:
Now we should apply the chain rule which states that:
In this problem, and .
To find we need to use the power rule, which states:
To find , we again need to use the chain rule, the derivative of a constant, and the derivative of the rtigonometric function cosine to evaluate , which state that:
Plugging all of these equations back into the chain rule, we obtain:
Example Question #1429 : Calculus
Find the derivative of
To solve this problem, we need the derivative of the trigonometric function cotangent, derivative of a constant, and the quotient rule.
First, let's use the quotient rule, which states:
In this problem, and .
To find , we need the formula for the derivative of cotangent which states:
To find we also need the derivative of a constant formula which states:
Now combining these into the quotient rule formula, we obtain:
And after some simplification:
Example Question #211 : How To Find Differential Functions
Use implicit differentiation to find
To solve this problem, we need the power rule, and the derivative of , which state:
After moving some things around with algebraic techniques, we obtain:
Example Question #212 : How To Find Differential Functions
Find the derivative of
To solve this problem, we need the chain rule, the power rule, and the derivative of a constant.
Let's first rewrite the function in terms of a power:
Now we can use the chain rule, which states:
In this problem, and
To find , we need the power rule which states:
To find , we need the power rule and the derivative of a constant which states:
Now, plugging these equations into the chain rule we obtain:
Example Question #212 : How To Find Differential Functions
Find the derivative of
To solve this problem, we need the power rule and the chain rule, which state:
First let's apply the chain rule, which states:
In this problem, and
To find the , we need the power rule which states:
To find we again need the power rule:
Now plugging these equations into the chain rule, we obtain:
Example Question #213 : How To Find Differential Functions
Find the derivative of the following function
To find the derivative of the function we must use the quotient rule.
It states that the derivative of
is .
The derivativae of is and the derivative of is as per the derivative rules.
Thus the final answer is
Example Question #401 : Differential Functions
Find the slope of the line tangent to the function at .
Undefined
The derivative is the function of the slope at any point of the given function. Thus we must find the derivative and then plug in 2 for x to get the slope of the tangent line.
The derivative of is . The derivative of is . So the derivative function is
plugging in gives
.
Example Question #211 : How To Find Differential Functions
Find the derivative of the following function.
The approach to this derivative is to realize that it is a function within a function and that we must use the chain rule.
The chain rule states the derivative of is .
The derivative of is and the derivative of is .
That makes the derivative of the function
.
Example Question #215 : How To Find Differential Functions
Find the derivative of
To solve this problem, we need the power rule, the derivative of a constant, the product rule, and the chain rule.
Since our function is written as a product, we will first apply the product rule which states:
In this problem, and .
To find we need to use the power rule and the derivative of a constant which state that:
To find we need to use the chain rule, the power rule, and the derivative of a constant. The chain rule states that:
In this problem, and
To find we need the power rule.
To find we need the power rule and the derivative of a constant once again.
Plugging these equations back into the chain rule, we obtain:
Now plugging this back into the product rule, we obtain:
After some simplification, we have: