Common Calculus Mistakes
Chain Rule: Exponential

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The Mistake

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The Correction

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An Explanation

Although the form of the chain rule (as well as the product rule) was applied correctly, the derivative of cos(x) was incorrectly given as sin(x); the correct derivative is -sin(x).

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