009A Sample Final 1, Problem 3

Find the derivatives of the following functions.

a) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)=\ln \bigg(\frac{x^2-1}{x^2+1}\bigg)}

b) $g(x)=2\sin(4x)+4\tan({\sqrt {1+x^{3}}})$

Foundations:
Review chain rule, quotient rule, and derivatives of trig functions

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
Using the Chain Rule, we have
Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {f'(x)}&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {1}{{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}-1}{x^{2}+1}}{\bigg )}}}{\bigg (}{\frac {d}{dx}}{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}-1}{x^{2}+1}}{\bigg )}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {x^{2}+1}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg (}{\frac {d}{dx}}{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}-1}{x^{2}+1}}{\bigg )}{\bigg )}}\\\end{array}}}

Step 2:
Now, we need to calculate Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\bigg (}{\frac {d}{dx}}{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}-1}{x^{2}+1}}{\bigg )}{\bigg )}} .
To do this, we use the Quotient Rule. So, we have
Failed to parse (Conversion error. Server ("https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_") reported: "Cannot get mml. Server problem."): {\displaystyle {\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {f'(x)}&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {x^{2}+1}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg (}{\frac {d}{dx}}{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}-1}{x^{2}+1}}{\bigg )}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {x^{2}+1}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg (}{\frac {(x^{2}+1)(2x)-(x^{2}-1)(2x)}{(x^{2}+1)^{2}}}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {x^{2}+1}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg (}{\frac {4x}{(x^{2}+1)^{2}}}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\frac {4x}{(x^{2}-1)(x^{2}+1)}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\frac {4x}{x^{4}-1}}\\\end{array}}}

(b)

Step 1:
Again, we need to use the Chain Rule. We have
$g'(x)=8\cos(4x)+4\sec ^{2}({\sqrt {1+x^{3}}}){\bigg (}{\frac {d}{dx}}{\sqrt {1+x^{3}}}{\bigg )}$.

Step 2:
We need to calculate Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}\sqrt{1+x^3}} .
We use the Chain Rule again to get
::Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{g'(x)} & = & \displaystyle{8\cos(4x)+4\sec^2(\sqrt{1+x^3})\bigg(\frac{d}{dx}\sqrt{1+x^3}\bigg)}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{8\cos(4x)+4\sec^2(\sqrt{1+x^3})\frac{1}{2}(1+x^3)^{-\frac{1}{2}}3x^2}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{8\cos(4x)+\frac{6\sec^2(\sqrt{1+x^3})x^2}{\sqrt{1+x^3}}}\\ \end{array}}

Final Answer:
(a) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f'(x)=\frac{4x}{x^4-1}}
(b) Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle g'(x)=8\cos(4x)+\frac{6\sec^2(\sqrt{1+x^3})x^2}{\sqrt{1+x^3}}} .

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