Question 35

Maths Question: 

$\text{Differentiate with respect to }x,\text{ }y={{\left( x-\frac{1}{x} \right)}^{-3}}$

Maths Solution: 

$\begin{align}  & y={{\left( x-\frac{1}{x} \right)}^{-3}} \\ & \text{Let }u=\left( x-\frac{1}{x} \right) \\ & y={{u}^{-3}},\text{  }\frac{dy}{du}=-3{{u}^{-4}} \\ & \frac{du}{dx}=1+\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}} \\ & \frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{dy}{du}\times \frac{du}{dx}=-3{{u}^{-4}}\times \left( 1+\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}} \right) \\ & \frac{dy}{dx}=-3{{\left( 1-\frac{1}{x} \right)}^{-4}}\left( 1+\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}} \right)=\frac{-3\left( 1+\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}} \right)}{{{\left( 1-\frac{1}{x} \right)}^{4}}} \\\end{align}$

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