Question

What would the derivative of f(x)=11(4-x^2)^2+5(3x+1)^2 be?

Answer 1

Apply the formula F(x)= [g(x)]^n
F'(x)= n [g(x)]^n-1 x g'(x)

Answer 2

Can u do that ?

Answer 3

Here Follow this tutorial on derivatives.
Hope it helps
http://www.zweigmedia.com/ThirdEdSite/tutorials/frames3_3.html

Answer 4

Do I need to do anything to what's inside the parentheses?

Answer 5

hm do any of the parentheses look changed in the answers?

Answer 6

What do you mean?

Answer 7

are there any answers to the problem given to you right away?

Answer 8

No, I don't have any answers

Answer 9

I'd imagine you'd do something to the parentheses.
But cant quite remember what.

Answer 10

I'll just use the derivative formula instead of the power rule then

Answer 11

@LivyLou
The attachment can be used to verify your calculations.