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CPP
BASIC MATHEMATICS: SHEET – 7
Chain rule of differentiation (differentiation of composition function) and higher order derivative

NOTE-
dy  dy dt 
 
dx  dt dx 
i) Let y = f(t) and t = g(x). Then,

dy  dy dt du 
  
dx  dt du dx 
ii) Let y = f(t), t = g(u) and u = h(x). Then,

EXERCISE - Chain Rule

Differentiate each of the following w.r.t. x:

1. sin (3x + 5). 2. tan2 x.
3. sin (log x). 4. cos x3

5. cot2x 6. cot x
tan x
7. e . 8. sin2 (2x + 1).
1
9. tan x 10.
(x 2  3x  5)3

1  sin x
11. esin x
. 12.
1  sin x
13. (2x + 3)6 14. e(5x + 2)
2
15 ex 16 . (i) e–3x (ii) ecos x

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ANSWER
1. 3 cos (3x + 5)
2. 2 tan x sec2 x
1
3. cos(log x)
x
4. –3x2 sin x3
5. –2cot x cosec2x
1
6. cos ec 2 x
2 x
7. etanx . sec2 x
8. 2 sin (4x + 2)
sec 2 x
9.
2 tan x
3(2x  3)
10.
(x 2  3x  5)4
cos xesin x
11.
2 x
12. sec x(sec x + tan x)
13. 12(2x + 3)5
14. 5e5x + 2
2
15. 2xe x
16. (i) 3e 3x (ii) ecos x sin x

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