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OpenStudy (smurfy14):

Can you walk me through this step by step?

OpenStudy (lalaly):

do u know the product rule

OpenStudy (smurfy14):

yes

OpenStudy (lalaly):

ok so can u apply it here?

OpenStudy (smurfy14):

no idea

OpenStudy (anonymous):

this would be a chain rule problem

OpenStudy (smurfy14):

what would be the first part? i just need to know how it would look

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(fg)'=f'g+g'f\] with \[f(x)=x^3, f'(x)=3x^2,g(x)=\sin(x), g'(x)=\cos(x)\] and leave 3 out front of everything

OpenStudy (smurfy14):

@satellite my teachers answer key says 3x^2(3sinx+xcosx). Is that right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lets try it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[3\left(3x^2\sin(x)+x^3\cos(x)\right)\] now maybe some factoring to get to your teacher's answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

factor out an \(x^2\) from both terms and you have it

OpenStudy (smurfy14):

how did you get the coefficient 3 in the beginning?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

because you started with a 3 out front

OpenStudy (smurfy14):

im not getting this at all im just going to skip it

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