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: 99

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

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