What is the derivative of ${sec}^{2} (x)$ $sec^2(x)$ ?

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Dec 17, 2014

Use the Chain rule
$\frac{d}{d x} ({sec}^{2} (x)) = 2 sec (x) \cdot sec (x) tan (x)$ $d/dx(sec^2(x))=2sec(x)*sec(x)tan(x)$
$= 2 {sec}^{2} (x) tan (x)$ $=2sec^2(x)tan(x)$

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