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cost^2

Derivative of cost^2

Function f() - derivative -N order at the point
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The solution

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   2   
cos (t)
$$\cos^{2}{\left(t \right)}$$
d /   2   \
--\cos (t)/
dt         
$$\frac{d}{d t} \cos^{2}{\left(t \right)}$$
Detail solution
  1. Let .

  2. Apply the power rule: goes to

  3. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by :

    1. The derivative of cosine is negative sine:

    The result of the chain rule is:

  4. Now simplify:


The answer is:

The graph
The first derivative [src]
-2*cos(t)*sin(t)
$$- 2 \sin{\left(t \right)} \cos{\left(t \right)}$$
The second derivative [src]
  /   2         2   \
2*\sin (t) - cos (t)/
$$2 \left(\sin^{2}{\left(t \right)} - \cos^{2}{\left(t \right)}\right)$$
The third derivative [src]
8*cos(t)*sin(t)
$$8 \sin{\left(t \right)} \cos{\left(t \right)}$$
The graph
Derivative of cost^2