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OpenStudy (anonymous):

plss answer this and explain to me Derivatives of trigonometric functions

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well, a derivative of sinx is -cosx, and the derivative of cosx is sinx

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[y=\sin ^{2}(\frac{ 3 }{ x ^{2} })\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the derivative of the inside function, then the outside function, and multiply them together. What did you learn in class about derivatives?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its like a chain rule derivative of outside times the derivative of the inside, then keep the inside of the sine the same

OpenStudy (anonymous):

plss show the solution so i can understand it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Start from the outside and move in. You can view \[y = \sin^2(3/x^2)\] as \[y = (\sin(3/x^2))^2\] So we take the derivative of the outside but keep the stuff inside the brackets the same, which gives us \[2\sin(3/x^2)\] Then, due to the chain rule, we multiply this by the derivative of the next part in, which is the sine. This gives us: \[2\sin(3/x^2)*\cos(3/x^2)\] And finally, one more use of the chain rule has us multiplying this by the derivative of 3/x^2. This gives us: \[2\sin(3/x^2)*\cos(3/x^2)*(3*(-2)/x^3)\]

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