Related Rates question that I keep getting wrong?

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I thought the acceleration would be cosx at x= pi/6, but that’s the wrong answer! Can someone help me here? It’s question three.

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Hint: Chain rule.

$t$ for time; $a$ for acceleration.

$a=dv/dt=(dv/dx)(dx/dt)$