How do you differentiate y=(sin^-1(5x^2))^3?

1 Answer
Nov 6, 2016

\fracdydx=\frac{30x(arcsin(5x^2))^2}{\sqrt{1-5x^2}}

Explanation:

The derivative of \arcsin(u) (or sin^-1(u)) is \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-u^2}}\frac{du}dx

So by using the chain rule,
\fracdydx=3(arcsin(5x^2))^2\cdot\frac1{\sqrt{1-5x^2}}\cdot10x

Which can be simplified to:
\fracdydx=\frac{30x(arcsin(5x^2))^2}{\sqrt{1-5x^2}}