Derivative of sin(x)*cos(x)

1. Apply the product rule:

   $$\frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)} g{\left(x \right)} = f{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)} + g{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}$$

   $f{\left(x \right)} = \sin{\left(x \right)}$; to find $\frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}$:

   1. The derivative of sine is cosine:

      $$\frac{d}{d x} \sin{\left(x \right)} = \cos{\left(x \right)}$$

   $g{\left(x \right)} = \cos{\left(x \right)}$; to find $\frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)}$:

   1. The derivative of cosine is negative sine:

      $$\frac{d}{d x} \cos{\left(x \right)} = - \sin{\left(x \right)}$$

   The result is: $- \sin^{2}{\left(x \right)} + \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}$

2. Now simplify:

   $$\cos{\left(2 x \right)}$$

The answer is:

$$\cos{\left(2 x \right)}$$