Paper 1 – Page 2 – NST First Year Maths

2014 Paper 1 Question 1

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(a)

Apply the chain rule

$\frac{d}{dx}(x^2+4)^{-1} = -(x^2+4)^{-2}(2x)=-\frac{2x}{(x^2+4)^{2}}$

(b)

Apply the chain rule

$\frac{d}{dx}e^{\sin(x)} = e^{\sin(x)}\frac{d}{dx}\sin(x) = \cos(x)e^{\sin(x)}\$