$y = 4\arcsin 2t$
$dy = 4 \left[ \dfrac{2 \, dt}{\sqrt{1 - (2t)^2}} \right]$
$dy = \dfrac{8 \, dt}{\sqrt{1 - 4t^2}}$
$x = 2\arccos 2t$
$dx = 2 \left[ \dfrac{-2 \, dt}{\sqrt{1 - (2t)^2}} \right]$
$dx = \dfrac{-4 \, dt}{\sqrt{1 - 4t^2}}$
$y' = \dfrac{dy}{dx}$
$y' = \dfrac{\dfrac{8 \, dt}{\sqrt{1 - 4t^2}}}{\dfrac{-4 \, dt}{\sqrt{1 - 4t^2}}}$
$y' = \dfrac{8}{-4}$
$y' = -2$ ← answer
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Notice the the choices are free from any variable, which means that the answer is the same regardless of the value of t. You can therefore use your calculator directly by assigning a limit to its d/dx
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$y' = \dfrac{\dfrac{d}{dx}\big[ 4\arcsin 2x \big]_{x = 0.325}}{\dfrac{d}{dx}\big[ 2\arccos 2x \big]_{x = 0.325}}$
$y' = -2$ ← answer
0.325 is a randomly chosen number between -1 and 1. Recall that sin θ and cos θ cannot be greater than 1 and cannot be less than -1 for any value of θ