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The derivative of the function/ 1/cos^2(x)

Derivative of 1/cos^2(x)

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   2   
cos (x)
1cos⁡2(x)\frac{1}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}} 
1/(cos(x)^2)
Detail solution

  1. Let u=cos⁡2(x)u = \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}.

  2. Apply the power rule: 1u\frac{1}{u} goes to −1u2- \frac{1}{u^{2}}

  3. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by ddxcos⁡2(x)\frac{d}{d x} \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}:

    1. Let u=cos⁡(x)u = \cos{\left(x \right)}.

    2. Apply the power rule: u2u^{2} goes to 2u2 u

    3. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by ddxcos⁡(x)\frac{d}{d x} \cos{\left(x \right)}:

      1. The derivative of cosine is negative sine:

        ddxcos⁡(x)=−sin⁡(x)\frac{d}{d x} \cos{\left(x \right)} = - \sin{\left(x \right)}

      The result of the chain rule is:

      −2sin⁡(x)cos⁡(x)- 2 \sin{\left(x \right)} \cos{\left(x \right)}

    The result of the chain rule is:

    2sin⁡(x)cos⁡3(x)\frac{2 \sin{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}}

The answer is:

2sin⁡(x)cos⁡3(x)\frac{2 \sin{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}}

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The first derivative [src] 
   2*sin(x)   
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          2   
cos(x)*cos (x)
2sin⁡(x)cos⁡(x)cos⁡2(x)\frac{2 \sin{\left(x \right)}}{\cos{\left(x \right)} \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}
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The second derivative [src] 
  /         2   \
  |    3*sin (x)|
2*|1 + ---------|
  |        2    |
  \     cos (x) /
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        2        
     cos (x)
2(3sin⁡2(x)cos⁡2(x)+1)cos⁡2(x)\frac{2 \left(\frac{3 \sin^{2}{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}} + 1\right)}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}
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The third derivative [src] 
  /         2   \       
  |    3*sin (x)|       
8*|2 + ---------|*sin(x)
  |        2    |       
  \     cos (x) /       
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           3            
        cos (x)
8(3sin⁡2(x)cos⁡2(x)+2)sin⁡(x)cos⁡3(x)\frac{8 \left(\frac{3 \sin^{2}{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}} + 2\right) \sin{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}}
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Derivative of 1/cos^2(x)
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