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Problem
Let
h
(
x
)
=
x
sin
x
h(x)=x\sin x
h
(
x
)
=
x
sin
x
. (i) Evaluate
d
d
x
(
x
)
\dfrac{d}{dx}(x)
d
x
d
(
x
)
and
d
d
x
(
sin
x
)
\dfrac{d}{dx}(\sin x)
d
x
d
(
sin
x
)
at
x
=
0
x=0
x
=
0
. (ii) Compute
h
′
(
0
)
h'(0)
h
′
(
0
)
. (iii) Explain why the result in part (ii) can be zero even though each derivative found in part (i) is non-zero at
x
=
0
x=0
x
=
0
.
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