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  1. February 9th 2013, 05:00 PM #1
    minneola24
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    Derivative of a trig function

    Hi,

    Im confused on what im doing wrong here to simplify this derivative.

    The book comes up with a different answer.
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  2. February 9th 2013, 07:46 PM #2
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    Re: Derivative of a trig function

    When you used the chain rule, you should have multiplied instead of subtracting:

    f'(t)=6(\sec(\pi{t}-1))(\sec(\pi{t}-1)\tan(\pi{t}-1))(\pi)

    f'(t)=6\pi\sec^2(\pi{t}-1)\tan(\pi{t}-1))

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