What is the derivative of sin(2x)?
Question:
What is the derivative of sin(2x)?
The Derivative of Sine and the Chain Rule:
To find the derivative of sin(2x), we must understand two basic calculus concepts:
- The derivative of a trigonometric function. These are shown in this table.
- The chain rule, where we take a derivative of a function containing a parenthesis and then multiply that derivative by the derivative of what the parenthesis contains.
Answer and Explanation:
The derivative of sin(2x) is 2 cos(2x).
- Using the chain rule for sin(2x), we first take the derivative of the sine component of sin(2x), which is…
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