Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 3 - Section 3.4 - The Chain Rule - 3.4 Exercises - Page 207: 100

Answer

$\frac{d^3y}{dx^3} = (\frac{d^3y}{du^3})(\frac{du}{dx})^3+3~\frac{d^2y}{du^2}\cdot \frac{du}{dx}\cdot \frac{d^2u}{dx^2}+\frac{dy}{dx}\cdot \frac{d^3u}{dx^3}$

Work Step by Step

$y = f(u) = f(g(x))$ $\frac{dy}{dx} = f'(g(x))\cdot g'(x)$ $\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = f''(g(x))\cdot g'(x)\cdot g'(x)+f'(g(x))\cdot g''(x)$ $\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = f''(g(x))\cdot (g'(x))^2+f'(g(x))\cdot g''(x)$ $\frac{d^3y}{dx^3} = f'''(g(x))\cdot g'(x)\cdot (g'(x))^2+f''(g(x))\cdot 2~g'(x)\cdot g''(x)+f''(g(x))\cdot g'(x)\cdot g''(x)+f'(g(x))\cdot g'''(x)$ $\frac{d^3y}{dx^3} = f'''(g(x))\cdot (g'(x))^3+3~f''(g(x))\cdot g'(x)\cdot g''(x)+f'(g(x))\cdot g'''(x)$ $\frac{d^3y}{dx^3} = f'''(u)\cdot (\frac{du}{dx})^3+3~f''(u)\cdot \frac{du}{dx}\cdot \frac{d^2u}{dx^2}+f'(u)\cdot \frac{d^3u}{dx^3}$ $\frac{d^3y}{dx^3} = (\frac{d^3y}{du^3})(\frac{du}{dx})^3+3~\frac{d^2y}{du^2}\cdot \frac{du}{dx}\cdot \frac{d^2u}{dx^2}+\frac{dy}{dx}\cdot \frac{d^3u}{dx^3}$
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