Is this a typo? Using Chain Rule and Product Rule

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Homework Statement



This isn't really a homework problem, as the entire solution is laid out in the text. My question is in regards to a possible typo, which I have highlighted in blue in the given picture.
Usually I don't like to second guess the text, but this one has been absolutely plagued by typos and I usually have to go to the professor to see if it really is a typo or if I missed something.

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My solution is ##h'(x) = (2x+1)^4(3x-2)^6(72x+1)##
 

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Mine as well. The "7" and the "49" are wrong.
 
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Ok thank you fresh. Really hate having to deal with typos, but I'm sure they're hard to avoid when writing an 800 page book of numbers.
 
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