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Section 3.9 : Chain Rule

For problems 1 – 27 differentiate the given function.

  1. \(f\left( x \right) = {\left( {6{x^2} + 7x} \right)^4}\) Solution
  2. \(g\left( t \right) = {\left( {4{t^2} - 3t + 2} \right)^{ - 2}}\) Solution
  3. \(y = \sqrt[3]{{1 - 8z}}\) Solution
  4. \(R\left( w \right) = \csc \left( {7w} \right)\) Solution
  5. \(G\left( x \right) = 2\sin \left( {3x + \tan \left( x \right)} \right)\) Solution
  6. \(h\left( u \right) = \tan \left( {4 + 10u} \right)\) Solution
  7. \(f\left( t \right) = 5 + {{\bf{e}}^{4t + {t^{\,7}}}}\) Solution
  8. \(g\left( x \right) = {{\bf{e}}^{1 - \cos \left( x \right)}}\) Solution
  9. \(H\left( z \right) = {2^{1 - 6z}}\) Solution
  10. \(u\left( t \right) = {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {3t - 1} \right)\) Solution
  11. \(F\left( y \right) = \ln \left( {1 - 5{y^2} + {y^3}} \right)\) Solution
  12. \(V\left( x \right) = \ln \left( {\sin \left( x \right) - \cot \left( x \right)} \right)\) Solution
  13. \(h\left( z \right) = \sin \left( {{z^6}} \right) + {\sin ^6}\left( z \right)\) Solution
  14. \(S\left( w \right) = \sqrt {7w} + {{\bf{e}}^{ - w}}\) Solution
  15. \(g\left( z \right) = 3{z^7} - \sin \left( {{z^2} + 6} \right)\) Solution
  16. \(f\left( x \right) = \ln \left( {\sin \left( x \right)} \right) - {\left( {{x^4} - 3x} \right)^{10}}\) Solution
  17. \(h\left( t \right) = {t^6}\,\sqrt {5{t^2} - t} \) Solution
  18. \(q\left( t \right) = {t^2}\ln \left( {{t^5}} \right)\) Solution
  19. \(g\left( w \right) = \cos \left( {3w} \right)\sec \left( {1 - w} \right)\) Solution
  20. \(\displaystyle y = \frac{{\sin \left( {3t} \right)}}{{1 + {t^2}}}\) Solution
  21. \(\displaystyle K\left( x \right) = \frac{{1 + {{\bf{e}}^{ - 2x}}}}{{x + \tan \left( {12x} \right)}}\) Solution
  22. \(f\left( x \right) = \cos \left( {{x^2}{{\bf{e}}^x}} \right)\) Solution
  23. \(z = \sqrt {5x + \tan \left( {4x} \right)} \) Solution
  24. \(f\left( t \right) = {\left( {{{\bf{e}}^{ - 6t}} + \sin \left( {2 - t} \right)} \right)^3}\) Solution
  25. \(g\left( x \right) = {\left( {\ln \left( {{x^2} + 1} \right) - {{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( {6x} \right)} \right)^{10}}\) Solution
  26. \(h\left( z \right) = {\tan ^4}\left( {{z^2} + 1} \right)\) Solution
  27. \(f\left( x \right) = {\left( {\sqrt[3]{{12x}} + {{\sin }^2}\left( {3x} \right)} \right)^{ - 1}}\) Solution
  28. Find the tangent line to \(f\left( x \right) = 4\sqrt {2x} - 6{{\bf{e}}^{2 - x}}\) at \(x = 2\). Solution
  29. Determine where \(V\left( z \right) = {z^4}{\left( {2z - 8} \right)^3}\) is increasing and decreasing. Solution
  30. The position of an object is given by \(s\left( t \right) = \sin \left( {3t} \right) - 2t + 4\). Determine where in the interval \(\left[ {0,3} \right]\) the object is moving to the right and moving to the left. Solution
  31. Determine where \(A\left( t \right) = {t^2}{{\bf{e}}^{5 - t}}\) is increasing and decreasing. Solution
  32. Determine where in the interval \(\left[ { - 1,20} \right]\) the function \(f\left( x \right) = \ln \left( {{x^4} + 20{x^3} + 100} \right)\) is increasing and decreasing. Solution