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Derivative of tanx-4x

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tan(x) - 4*x
4x+tan(x)- 4 x + \tan{\left(x \right)}
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--(tan(x) - 4*x)
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ddx(4x+tan(x))\frac{d}{d x} \left(- 4 x + \tan{\left(x \right)}\right)
Detail solution
  1. Differentiate 4x+tan(x)- 4 x + \tan{\left(x \right)} term by term:

    1. Rewrite the function to be differentiated:

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

    2. Apply the quotient rule, which is:

      ddxf(x)g(x)=f(x)ddxg(x)+g(x)ddxf(x)g2(x)\frac{d}{d x} \frac{f{\left(x \right)}}{g{\left(x \right)}} = \frac{- f{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)} + g{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}}{g^{2}{\left(x \right)}}

      f(x)=sin(x)f{\left(x \right)} = \sin{\left(x \right)} and g(x)=cos(x)g{\left(x \right)} = \cos{\left(x \right)}.

      To find ddxf(x)\frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}:

      1. The derivative of sine is cosine:

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

      To find ddxg(x)\frac{d}{d x} g{\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)}

      Now plug in to the quotient rule:

      sin2(x)+cos2(x)cos2(x)\frac{\sin^{2}{\left(x \right)} + \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}

    3. The derivative of a constant times a function is the constant times the derivative of the function.

      1. The derivative of a constant times a function is the constant times the derivative of the function.

        1. Apply the power rule: xx goes to 11

        So, the result is: 44

      So, the result is: 4-4

    The result is: sin2(x)+cos2(x)cos2(x)4\frac{\sin^{2}{\left(x \right)} + \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}} - 4

  2. Now simplify:

    tan2(x)3\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} - 3


The answer is:

tan2(x)3\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} - 3

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The first derivative [src]
        2   
-3 + tan (x)
tan2(x)3\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} - 3
The second derivative [src]
  /       2   \       
2*\1 + tan (x)/*tan(x)
2(tan2(x)+1)tan(x)2 \left(\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \tan{\left(x \right)}
The third derivative [src]
  /       2   \ /         2   \
2*\1 + tan (x)/*\1 + 3*tan (x)/
2(tan2(x)+1)(3tan2(x)+1)2 \left(\tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right) \left(3 \tan^{2}{\left(x \right)} + 1\right)
The graph
Derivative of tanx-4x