009A Sample Final 2, Problem 3

Compute   ${\frac {dy}{dx}}.$

(a)  $y={\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}^{3}$

(b)  $y=x\cos({\sqrt {x+1}})$

(c)  $y=\sin ^{-1}x$

Foundations:
1. Product Rule
${\frac {d}{dx}}(f(x)g(x))=f(x)g'(x)+f'(x)g(x)$
2. Quotient Rule
${\frac {d}{dx}}{\bigg (}{\frac {f(x)}{g(x)}}{\bigg )}={\frac {g(x)f'(x)-f(x)g'(x)}{(g(x))^{2}}}$
3. Chain Rule
${\frac {d}{dx}}(f(g(x)))=f'(g(x))g'(x)$

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
Using the Chain Rule, we have
${\frac {dy}{dx}}=3{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}^{2}{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}'.$

Step 2:
Now, using the Quotient Rule, we have
${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {\frac {dy}{dx}}&=&\displaystyle {3{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}^{2}{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}'}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {3{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}^{2}{\bigg (}{\frac {(x^{2}-1)(x^{2}+3)'-(x^{2}+3)(x^{2}-1)'}{(x^{2}-1)^{2}}}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {3{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}^{2}{\bigg (}{\frac {(x^{2}-1)(2x)-(x^{2}+3)(2x)}{(x^{2}-1)^{2}}}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {3{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{2}+3}{x^{2}-1}}{\bigg )}^{2}{\bigg (}{\frac {2x^{3}-2x-2x^{3}-6x}{(x^{2}-1)^{2}}}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {3(x^{2}+3)^{2}(-8x)}{(x^{2}-1)^{4}}}.}\end{array}}$

(b)

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(c)

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Final Answer:
(a)    ${\frac {3(x^{2}+3)^{2}(-8x)}{(x^{2}-1)^{4}}}$
(b)
(c)

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