Derivative of 2*sin(x)*cos(x)

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

   1. Apply the product rule:

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

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

      1. The derivative of cosine is negative sine:

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

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

      1. The derivative of sine is cosine:

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

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

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

2. Now simplify:

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

The answer is:

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