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Differentiate y=x^2sinx/cos2x also tanh^-1(tanh1/2x)?

if y = ws^3/d^4..find the percentage increase in y when w increases by 2%, s decreases by 3 % anf d decreases by 1...pls show the steps to ur answers ...thanks

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    For the first problem, we have:

    .....( x ^ 2 ) sin x

    y = ____________

    ..... cos 2x

    Use the quotient rule for derivatives:

    To take the derivative of the numerator: use the product rule

    d / dx [(x ^ 2)sin x] = 2x sin x + (x ^ 2) cos x

    The derivative of the denominator is -2sin 2x

    The derivative of the overall is:

    (2x sin x + (x ^ 2) cos x)(cos 2x) + 4(x ^ 2)sin^2 (x)cos x

    _______________________________________________

    cos^2 (2x)

    ....................................................................................

    The next problem is equal to 1 / (2x), (because the tanh ^ -1 and tanh cancel...)

    So, this derivative is the derivative of 0.5 * (x ^ -1), and we can use the power rule to get

    0.5 * -1 * (x ^ -2) or

    - 1 / (2 (x ^ 2))

    ............................................................................................

    Let's say the increase of w is represented by w1 = 1.02w,

    The decrease of s is s1 = 0.97s

    The decrease of d is d1 = 0.99d

    To input into y1, we get

    [1.02w * (0.97) ^ 3 * (s ^ 3)] / [0.99 ^ 4 * (d ^ 4)]

    or, to simplify,

    y1 = 1.02 * (0.97 ^ 3) / (0.99 ^ 4)

    After simplifying, we get that the answer is approximately

    y1 = 0.969y.

    Therefore, y decreases by approximately 3.089%.

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