Calculus Examples

$\frac{2 \sin (x)}{\sec (x)}$

Step 1

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

$2 \frac{d}{d x} [\frac{\sin (x)}{\sec (x)}]$

Step 2

Rewrite $\sec (x)$ in terms of sines and cosines.

$2 \frac{d}{d x} [\frac{\sin (x)}{\frac{1}{\cos (x)}}]$

Step 3

Multiply by the reciprocal of the fraction to divide by $\frac{1}{\cos (x)}$ .

$2 \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x) \cos (x)]$

Step 4

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 $f (x) = \sin (x)$ and $g (x) = \cos (x)$ .

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

Step 5

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

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

Step 6

Raise $\sin (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$2 (- (\sin^{1} (x) \sin (x)) + \cos (x) \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)])$

Step 7

Raise $\sin (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$2 (- (\sin^{1} (x) \sin^{1} (x)) + \cos (x) \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)])$

Step 8

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$2 (- {\sin (x)}^{1 + 1} + \cos (x) \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)])$

Step 9

Add $1$ and $1$ .

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

Step 10

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

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

Step 11

Raise $\cos (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$2 (- \sin^{2} (x) + \cos^{1} (x) \cos (x))$

Step 12

Raise $\cos (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$2 (- \sin^{2} (x) + \cos^{1} (x) \cos^{1} (x))$

Step 13

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$2 (- \sin^{2} (x) + {\cos (x)}^{1 + 1})$

Step 14

Add $1$ and $1$ .

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

Step 15

Simplify.

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Step 15.1

Apply the distributive property.

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

Step 15.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

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