Did I Find the Derivative of (5t^2+1)^4 Correctly?

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can you help me find the derivative of: (5t^2+1)4

this is what I did:

(5t^2)(ln 5)(2t) * 4(5t^2+1)3

did I do this right?
 
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Re: derivative with many exponents

Yep! Looks good to me. You took the derivative of the outermost part then applied the chain rule.
 
Re: derivative with many exponents

coolbeans33 said:
can you help me find the derivative of: (5t^2+1)4

this is what I did:

(5t^2)(ln 5)(2t) * 4(5t^2+1)3

did I do this right?

Yep.