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Ch. 3 - Derivatives
Capitolo 3, Problema 3.27
Find the derivatives of the functions in Exercises 1–42.
𝔂 = x² sin² (2x²)
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Step 1: Identify the function y = x² sin²(2x²). Notice that this is a product of two functions: u(x) = x² and v(x) = sin²(2x²).
Step 2: Apply the product rule for derivatives, which states that if y = u(x) * v(x), then y' = u'(x) * v(x) + u(x) * v'(x).
Step 3: Differentiate u(x) = x². The derivative u'(x) is 2x.
Step 4: Differentiate v(x) = sin²(2x²). Use the chain rule: v'(x) = 2 * sin(2x²) * cos(2x²) * (d/dx)(2x²).
Step 5: Calculate (d/dx)(2x²), which is 4x. Substitute back into the expression for v'(x) to get v'(x) = 2 * sin(2x²) * cos(2x²) * 4x.

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