Understanding Derivatives and Chain Rule

Understanding Derivatives and Chain Rule

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

10th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Mia Campbell

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The video tutorial explains how to find the derivative of a composite function using the chain rule. It starts with a function involving the natural logarithm of cosine and demonstrates the application of the chain rule to find the first derivative. The tutorial simplifies the derivative using trigonometric identities and evaluates it at x = pi/4. It then proceeds to find the second derivative and discusses its implications on the function's concavity. The tutorial concludes with a graphical verification of the results.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the outer function in the composite function F(x) = 4 * ln(cos(x))?

ln(cos(x))

4 * cos(x)

4 * ln(x)

cos(x)

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which rule is applied to find the derivative of a composite function?

Chain Rule

Quotient Rule

Product Rule

Power Rule

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the derivative of cos(x) with respect to x?

-sin(x)

sin(x)

cos(x)

-cos(x)

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the simplified form of the first derivative F'(x) for the function F(x) = 4 * ln(cos(x))?

4 * tan(x)

4 * sin(x)

-4 * sin(x)

-4 * tan(x)

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the value of tan(π/4)?

-1

0

1

√2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a negative first derivative indicate about the function at a point?

The function is constant

The function is decreasing

The function is concave up

The function is increasing

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the derivative of tan(x) with respect to x?

-sec^2(x)

sec^2(x)

tan^2(x)

-tan^2(x)

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