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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the derivatives

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Challenge accepted!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1/sinx

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x^2+x/sinx

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-cosx/sin^2x; 2x+(sinx-xcosx)/(sin^2x)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

(d/dx)f(g(x))=g'(x)f'(g(x)); thus, (d/dx)(1/sin(x))=-cos(x)/sin(x)^2 (d/dx)f(x)g(x)=f'(x)g(x)+g'(x)f(x); thus, (d/dx)(x^2+x/sin(x))=2x+(1/sin(x))-xcos(x)/sin(x)^2)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first one is cosecant and the derivative of cosecant is - cosecant cotangent

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\sqrt{1-\sin^2x}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This is an application of the chain rule, Marashtii. I just answered a similar question earlier. Why don't you try doing it yourself, and telling me where you get confused?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{1}{2\sqrt{1-\sin^2(x)}}\times -2\sin(x)\cos(x)\] \[-\frac{\sin(x)\cos(x)}{|\cos(x)|}\] so this is actually bit complicated. it will be sine if cosine is negative and minus sine if cosine is positive

OpenStudy (anonymous):

we could have started with \[\sqrt{1-\sin^2(x)}=|\cos(x)|\] and worked from there, again using the change rule and the fact that the derivative of \[|x|\] is 1 if x is positive and -1 if x is negative

OpenStudy (anonymous):

*chain rule

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Actually, I did forget about the absolute value part. /embarassed

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks, now it's clear :)

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