How do you differentiate 1+cos^2(x)1+cos2(x)?

1 Answer
Jun 25, 2018

-sin2xsin2x

Explanation:

"differentiate using the "color(blue)"chain rule"differentiate using the chain rule

"given "y=f(g(x))" then"given y=f(g(x)) then

dy/dx=f'(g(x))xxg'(x)larrcolor(blue)"chain rule"

y=1+(cosx)^2

dy/dx=2cosx xxd/dx(cosx)

color(white)(dy/dx)=-2sinxcosx=-sin2x