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How do you find the derivative of $y = {sin}^{2} x$ $y = sin^2 x$ ?

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Nov 4, 2015

$\frac{d}{d x} {sin}^{2} x = 2 sin x cos x$ $d/dxsin^2x=2sinxcosx$

Explanation:

Use the power rule to obtain

$\frac{d}{d x} {sin}^{2} x = 2 sin x \cdot cos x$ $d/dxsin^2x=2sinx*cosx$

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