Derivative of xcosx

1. Apply the product rule:

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

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

   1. Apply the power rule: $x$ goes to $1$

   $g{\left(x \right)} = \cos{\left(x \right)}$; 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: $- x \sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}$

The answer is:

$$- x \sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}$$