Mister Exam

Derivative of cos^5x

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

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   5   
cos (x)
$$\cos^{5}{\left(x \right)}$$
d /   5   \
--\cos (x)/
dx         
$$\frac{d}{d x} \cos^{5}{\left(x \right)}$$
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:


The answer is:

The graph
The first derivative [src]
      4          
-5*cos (x)*sin(x)
$$- 5 \sin{\left(x \right)} \cos^{4}{\left(x \right)}$$
The second derivative [src]
     3    /     2           2   \
5*cos (x)*\- cos (x) + 4*sin (x)/
$$5 \cdot \left(4 \sin^{2}{\left(x \right)} - \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}\right) \cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}$$
The third derivative [src]
     2    /        2            2   \       
5*cos (x)*\- 12*sin (x) + 13*cos (x)/*sin(x)
$$5 \left(- 12 \sin^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 13 \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}\right) \sin{\left(x \right)} \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}$$
The graph
Derivative of cos^5x