Given {eq}f(x)=3\sec(4x) {/eq}, find {eq}f''(x) {/eq}

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Given {eq}f(x)=3\sec(4x) {/eq}, find {eq}f''(x) {/eq}

Second Order Derivatives:

To calculate the second order derivative of the function {eq}f(x) {/eq}, we must differentiate it twice.

Suppose its first derivative is denoted by {eq}f'(x) {/eq}.

Then the second derivative {eq}f''(x) {/eq} will be equivalent to:

{eq}f''(x) = \displaystyle D_x f'(x) {/eq}

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We derive the given function twice to obtain {eq}f''(x) {/eq}.

Obtaining first {eq}f'(x) {/eq} by deriving {eq}f(x) {/eq}:

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