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Section 3.9 : Chain Rule
27. Differentiate \(f\left( x \right) = {\left( {\sqrt[3]{{12x}} + {{\sin }^2}\left( {3x} \right)} \right)^{ - 1}}\) .
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This problem will require multiple uses of the Chain Rule and so we’ll step though the derivative process to make each use clear.
Here is the first step of the derivative and we’ll need to use the Chain Rule in this step.
\[f'\left( x \right) = - {\left( {\sqrt[3]{{12x}} + {{\sin }^2}\left( {3x} \right)} \right)^{ - 2}}\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {{{\left( {12x} \right)}^{\frac{1}{3}}} + {{\sin }^2}\left( {3x} \right)} \right)\] Show Step 2As we can see the derivative from the previous step will also require the Chain Rule on each of the terms.
The derivative from this step is,
\[f'\left( x \right) = - {\left( {\sqrt[3]{{12x}} + {{\sin }^2}\left( {3x} \right)} \right)^{ - 2}}\left( {\frac{1}{3}{{\left( {12x} \right)}^{ - \,\,\frac{2}{3}}}\left( {12} \right) + 2\sin \left( {3x} \right)\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\sin \left( {3x} \right)} \right)} \right)\] Show Step 3The second term will again use the Chain Rule as we can see.
The derivative is then,
\[\require{bbox} \bbox[2pt,border:1px solid black]{{f'\left( x \right) = - {{\left( {\sqrt[3]{{12x}} + {{\sin }^2}\left( {3x} \right)} \right)}^{ - 2}}\left( {4{{\left( {12x} \right)}^{ - \,\,\frac{2}{3}}} + 6\sin \left( {3x} \right)\cos \left( {3x} \right)} \right)}}\]