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problem 1.
differentiate the following functions.
(a) 4pts. $f(x) = \frac{x^2\sin(x)}{1 + x^2}$
(b) 4pts. $f(x) = \sin^2(3x)\sin(4x^5)$
(c) 4pts. $f(x) = \sqrt{1 + \sqrt{1 + \sqrt{1 + x}}}$
Part (a)
Step1: Identify the rule
We use the quotient rule: if \( f(x)=\frac{u(x)}{v(x)} \), then \( f^\prime(x)=\frac{u^\prime(x)v(x)-u(x)v^\prime(x)}{v(x)^2} \). Here, \( u(x) = x^{2}\sin(x) \) and \( v(x)=1 + x^{2} \).
Step2: Differentiate \( u(x) \)
Use the product rule: if \( u(x)=a(x)b(x) \), then \( u^\prime(x)=a^\prime(x)b(x)+a(x)b^\prime(x) \). Let \( a(x)=x^{2} \), \( b(x)=\sin(x) \). Then \( a^\prime(x) = 2x \), \( b^\prime(x)=\cos(x) \). So \( u^\prime(x)=2x\sin(x)+x^{2}\cos(x) \).
Step3: Differentiate \( v(x) \)
\( v(x)=1 + x^{2} \), so \( v^\prime(x)=2x \).
Step4: Apply quotient rule
Step1: Identify the rule
We use the product rule: if \( f(x)=u(x)v(x) \), then \( f^\prime(x)=u^\prime(x)v(x)+u(x)v^\prime(x) \). Here, \( u(x)=\sin^{2}(3x) \) and \( v(x)=\sin(4x^{5}) \).
Step2: Differentiate \( u(x) \)
Use the chain rule: if \( u(x)=[g(x)]^{n} \), then \( u^\prime(x)=n[g(x)]^{n - 1}g^\prime(x) \). Let \( g(x)=\sin(3x) \), \( n = 2 \). First, \( g^\prime(x)=3\cos(3x) \) (by chain rule: derivative of \( \sin(3x) \) is \( \cos(3x)\times3 \)). So \( u^\prime(x)=2\sin(3x)\times3\cos(3x)=6\sin(3x)\cos(3x) \).
Step3: Differentiate \( v(x) \)
Use the chain rule: if \( v(x)=\sin(h(x)) \), then \( v^\prime(x)=\cos(h(x))h^\prime(x) \). Let \( h(x)=4x^{5} \), so \( h^\prime(x)=20x^{4} \). Then \( v^\prime(x)=\cos(4x^{5})\times20x^{4}=20x^{4}\cos(4x^{5}) \).
Step4: Apply product rule
(using the double - angle formula \( \sin(2\theta)=2\sin\theta\cos\theta \), so \( 6\sin(3x)\cos(3x)=3\sin(6x) \))
Step1: Let \( y = f(x)=\sqrt{1+\sqrt{1+\sqrt{1 + x}}} \)
We use the chain rule multiple times. Let \( y=\sqrt{u} \), where \( u = 1+\sqrt{v} \), \( v = 1+\sqrt{w} \), \( w=1 + x \).
Step2: Differentiate \( y \) with respect to \( u \)
\( y=\sqrt{u}=u^{\frac{1}{2}} \), so \( \frac{dy}{du}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{u}} \).
Step3: Differentiate \( u \) with respect to \( v \)
\( u = 1+\sqrt{v}=1 + v^{\frac{1}{2}} \), so \( \frac{du}{dv}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{v}} \).
Step4: Differentiate \( v \) with respect to \( w \)
\( v = 1+\sqrt{w}=1 + w^{\frac{1}{2}} \), so \( \frac{dv}{dw}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{w}} \).
Step5: Differentiate \( w \) with respect to \( x \)
\( w=1 + x \), so \( \frac{dw}{dx}=1 \).
Step6: Apply chain rule \( \frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{dy}{du}\times\frac{du}{dv}\times\frac{dv}{dw}\times\frac{dw}{dx} \)
Substitute back \( u = 1+\sqrt{v} \), \( v = 1+\sqrt{w} \), \( w = 1 + x \):
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\( f^\prime(x)=\frac{2x\sin(x)+x^{2}\cos(x)+x^{4}\cos(x)}{(1 + x^{2})^{2}} \) (or simplified form)