If y=\cos ^{2} x^{2} , find \frac{d y}{d x} .
y=\left(\cos x^{2}\right)^{2} . Put x^{2}=t and \cos x^{2}=\cos t=u , so that
y=u^{2}, u=\cos t \text { and } t=x^{2} .\\\therefore \quad \frac{d y}{d u}=2 u, \frac{d u}{d t}=-\sin t \text { and } \frac{d t}{d x}=2 x \text {. }