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Section 3.9 : Chain Rule

19. Differentiate \(g\left( w \right) = \cos \left( {3w} \right)\sec \left( {1 - w} \right)\) .

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For this problem we’ll need to do the Product Rule to start off the derivative. In the process we’ll need to use the Chain Rule when we differentiate each term.

The derivative is then,

\[\begin{align*}g'\left( w \right) & = - \sin \left( {3w} \right)\left( 3 \right)\sec \left( {1 - w} \right) + \cos \left( {3w} \right)\sec \left( {1 - w} \right)\tan \left( {1 - w} \right)\left( { - 1} \right)\\ & = \require{bbox} \bbox[2pt,border:1px solid black]{{ - 3\sin \left( {3w} \right)\sec \left( {1 - w} \right) - \cos \left( {3w} \right)\sec \left( {1 - w} \right)\tan \left( {1 - w} \right)}}\end{align*}\]