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Yasemin tried to find the derivative of x6cos(x)x^{6} \cdot \cos (x). Here is her work:

Step 1: This is the product of cos(x)\cos (x) and x6x^{6}. So, we should use the product rule.
Step 2:

ddx[x6cos(x)]=ddx[cos(x)]x6+cos(x)ddx[x6]\frac{d}{d x}[x^{6} \cdot \cos (x)]=\frac{d}{d x}[\cos (x)] \cdot x^{6}+\cos (x) \cdot \frac{d}{d x}[x^{6}]

Step 3: Finding the derivatives of the factors:

ddx[cos(x)]=sin(x)\frac{d}{d x}[\cos (x)] =-\sin (x)

ddx[x6]=6x5\frac{d}{d x}[x^{6}] =6 x^{5}

Step 4: Putting it all together:

ddx[x6cos(x)]=ddx[cos(x)]x6+cos(x)ddx[x6]=sin(x)x6+6x5cos(x)\frac{d}{d x}[x^{6} \cdot \cos (x)]=\frac{d}{d x}[\cos (x)] \cdot x^{6}+\cos (x) \cdot \frac{d}{d x}[x^{6}]=-\sin ({x}) \cdot x^{6}+6 x^{5} \cos (x)

Is Yasemin’s work correct? If not, what’s her mistake?

Select all that apply :

Yasemin’s work is correct.

Step 1 is incorrect. Yasemin should have used a different rule and not the product rule.

Step 2 is incorrect. Yasemin didn’t state the correct product rule.

Step 3 is incorrect. Yasemin didnot differentiate cos(x) \cos ({x}) correctly.

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