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If \(y=\left(\cos x^{2}\right)^{2}\), then \(\frac{d y}{d x}\) is equal to

  1. A \(-4 x \sin 2 x^{2}\)
  2. B \(-x \sin x^{2}\)
  3. C \(-2 x \sin 2 x^{2}\)
  4. D \(-x \cos 2 x^{2}\)
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Correct Answer

(C) \(-2 x \sin 2 x^{2}\)

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Detailed explanation

\(y=\left(\cos x^{2}\right)^{2}\)
On differentiating w.r.t. \(x\), we get
\(\begin{aligned}
\frac{d y}{d x} &=2 \cos x^{2} \frac{d}{d x}\left(\cos x^{2}\right) \\
&=2 \cos x^{2} \times\left(-\sin x^{2}\right) \frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{2}\right) \\
&=-4 x \cos x^{2} \sin x^{2} \\
&=-2 x \sin 2 x^{2}
\end{aligned}\)