We will use the chain rule where we take the derivative of the outside and multiply it by the derivative of the inside.
We have #f(x)=sqrt(tan(2-x^3)# It's better to rewrite it as an exponent #(tan(2-x^3))^(1/2)#
So, first lets take the derivative of the #color(blue)("outside")# using the power rule:
#color(blue)(1/2)tan(2-x^3)^color(blue)(1/2-2/2)=> 1/2tan(2-x^3)^(-1/2)#
This is just one part of the answer.
Now let's take the derivative of the #color(green)("inside")#
#1/2(color(green)tan(2-x^3))^(-1/2)#
#d/dxcolor(green)tan(2-x^3) => sec^2(2-x^3)(-3x^2)#
We ended up using the chain rule on the #color(green)("inside")# too.
The derivative of the #tanx# is #sec^2x# but we also have to apply the chain rule here too because #sec^2x# has a function in the inside too. Take the derivative of the #color(red)("function")# inside #sec^2color(red)((2-x^3))# which is where we got the #-3x^2# from.
Now we just multiply both the derivatives of the outside and inside.
#1/(2sqrt(tan(2-x^3)))xxsec^2(2-x^3)(-3x^2)#
#d/dxsqrt(tan(2-x^3)# #=# #(-3x^2sec^2(2-x^3))/(2sqrt(tan(2-x^3))#