1. ## Trig/Chain Rule Derivatives

I'm just wondering if theres a difference between finding the derivative of $Sin^3(2x+1)$ and $Sin(2x+1)^3$ and if so whats the main difference?

2. Originally Posted by VitaX
I'm just wondering if theres a difference between finding the derivative of $Sin^3(2x+1)$ and $Sin(2x+1)^3$ and if so whats the main difference?
No because they are one and the same.

$sin^n \theta = (sin \theta)^n \: \: \: \: , \: \: \: n \in \mathbb{Z^+}$

3. Originally Posted by VitaX
I'm just wondering if theres a difference between finding the derivative of $Sin^3(2x+1)$ and $Sin(2x+1)^3$ and if so whats the main difference?
None. They are the same thing just different notation. Writing $\sin^n(x)$ seems to cause less confusion from my experience.

4. When I input them both on this wolfram site I get different answers

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=d/dx+%28sin%282x%2B1%29%29^3
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=d/dx+sin%28%282x%2B1%29^3

5. It could be seeing the second one as $sin[(2x+1)^3]$

6. Well say you have $Sin^2(2x+2)$ and $sin(2x+2)^2$ I thought the difference was the first equation the entire thing is squared but the second equation only $(2x+2)$ is squared. That wrong?