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[FP2] Differentiation help

Not sure how to do part A. Pretty confused. Anyhelp would be great.
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Original post by Maths help pls
Not sure how to do part A. Pretty confused. Anyhelp would be great.


differentiation using the chain rule
(or notice something special about that log depending on what board you are on)
(edited 8 years ago)
Original post by jlsmpV2
did you actually name yourself after this question? That's commitment

Yep!
Original post by TeeEm
differentiation using the chain rule
(or notice something special about that log depending on what board you are on)


It is dumb of me but thats what I am confused about, I am not sure what to split it into :frown:. My brain is dead today.
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Original post by Maths help pls
Yep!


It is dumb of me but thats what I am confused about, I am not sure what to split it into :frown:. My brain is dead today.


there is nothing to split

either you use the chain rule (pretty standard )


or

you notice that this is nothing but arsinh(x)
Original post by TeeEm
there is nothing to split

either you use the chain rule (pretty standard )


or

you notice that this is nothing but arsinh(x)


See i told you my brain is dead. I was thinking of chain rule as the product rule:facepalm:
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Original post by Maths help pls
See i told you my brain is dead. I was thinking of chain rule as the product rule:facepalm:


hopefully you can now do it
Original post by TeeEm
hopefully you can now do it


Yep. It's weird, sometimes I just get these mental blocks where I literally cannot do anything even if I know it. This would have taken me max 2-3 mins (part A) if I was really paying attention but took me an hour or two to do it. Just not my day today :frown:
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Original post by Maths help pls
Yep. It's weird, sometimes I just get these mental blocks where I literally cannot do anything even if I know it. This would have taken me max 2-3 mins (part A) if I was really paying attention but took me an hour or two to do it. Just not my day today :frown:


it happens ...
Original post by Maths help pls
Not sure how to do part A. Pretty confused. Anyhelp would be great.


Think about how Arsinh and Arcosh can be written in terms of natural logs.

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