Calculus Examples

$2 x^{2} - x^{2} \sin (x)$

Step 1

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $2 x^{2} - x^{2} \sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [2 x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- x^{2} \sin (x)]$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [2 x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- x^{2} \sin (x)]$

Step 2

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [2 x^{2}]$ .

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Step 2.1

Since $2$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $2 x^{2}$ with respect to $x$ is $2 \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}]$ .

$2 \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- x^{2} \sin (x)]$

Step 2.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$2 (2 x) + \frac{d}{d x} [- x^{2} \sin (x)]$

Step 2.3

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$4 x + \frac{d}{d x} [- x^{2} \sin (x)]$

Step 3

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [- x^{2} \sin (x)]$ .

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Step 3.1

Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- x^{2} \sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $- \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2} \sin (x)]$ .

$4 x - \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2} \sin (x)]$

Step 3.2

Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [f (x) g (x)]$ is $f (x) \frac{d}{d x} [g (x)] + g (x) \frac{d}{d x} [f (x)]$ where $f (x) = x^{2}$ and $g (x) = \sin (x)$ .

$4 x - (x^{2} \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)] + \sin (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}])$

Step 3.3

The derivative of $\sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\cos (x)$ .

$4 x - (x^{2} \cos (x) + \sin (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}])$

Step 3.4

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$4 x - (x^{2} \cos (x) + \sin (x) (2 x))$

Step 4

Simplify.

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Step 4.1

Apply the distributive property.

$4 x - (x^{2} \cos (x)) - (\sin (x) (2 x))$

Step 4.2

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$4 x - x^{2} \cos (x) - 2 \sin (x) x$

Step 4.3

Reorder terms.

$- x^{2} \cos (x) - 2 x \sin (x) + 4 x$