How do you differentiate f(x)=sin^2(sqrt(3x/(x-1)^2))*cos2x using the chain rule?

1 Answer
Mar 30, 2017

(df)/(dx)=-sqrt3/(2sqrtx)sin(sqrt((12x)/(x-1)^2))((x+1))/(x-1)^2*cos2x-sin^2(sqrt(3x/(x-1)^2))sin2x

Explanation:

Let us first differentiate g(x)=sin^2(sqrt(3x/(x-1)^2))

let us write this as chain, where g(x)=sin^2(h(x)), h(x)=sqrt(p(x)),

p(x)=(3x)/(x-1)^2 and using chain rule

(dg(x))/(dx)=(dg)/(dh)xx(dh)/(dp)xx(dp)/(dx)

= 2sin(h(x))cos(h(x))xx1/(2sqrt(p(x)))xx(3(x-1)^2-6x(x-1))/(x-1)^4

= sin(2h(x))xx1/(2sqrt(p(x)))xx(3x^2-6x+3-6x^2+6x)/(x-1)^4

= sin(sqrt((12x)/(x-1)^2))xx1/(2sqrt((3x)/(x-1)^2))xx(-3x^2+3)/(x-1)^4

= -3sin(sqrt((12x)/(x-1)^2))xx1/(2sqrt(3x))xx(x^2-1)/(x-1)^3

= -sqrt3/(2sqrtx)sin(sqrt((12x)/(x-1)^2))((x+1))/(x-1)^2

and hence

(df)/(dx)=-sqrt3/(2sqrtx)sin(sqrt((12x)/(x-1)^2))((x+1))/(x-1)^2*cos2x-sin^2(sqrt(3x/(x-1)^2))sin2x