Calculus Examples

$2 x^{3} \sin (x) - 3 x \cos (x)$

Step 1

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $2 x^{3} \sin (x) - 3 x \cos (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [2 x^{3} \sin (x)] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 3 x \cos (x)]$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [2 x^{3} \sin (x)] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 3 x \cos (x)]$

Step 2

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [2 x^{3} \sin (x)]$ .

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Step 2.1

Since $2$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $2 x^{3} \sin (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $2 \frac{d}{d x} [x^{3} \sin (x)]$ .

$2 \frac{d}{d x} [x^{3} \sin (x)] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 3 x \cos (x)]$

Step 2.2

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 $f (x) = x^{3}$ and $g (x) = \sin (x)$ .

$2 (x^{3} \frac{d}{d x} [\sin (x)] + \sin (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x^{3}]) + \frac{d}{d x} [- 3 x \cos (x)]$

Step 2.3

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

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x) + \sin (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x^{3}]) + \frac{d}{d x} [- 3 x \cos (x)]$

Step 2.4

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 3$ .

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x) + \sin (x) (3 x^{2})) + \frac{d}{d x} [- 3 x \cos (x)]$

Step 3

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [- 3 x \cos (x)]$ .

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Step 3.1

Since $- 3$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- 3 x \cos (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $- 3 \frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x)]$ .

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x) + \sin (x) (3 x^{2})) - 3 \frac{d}{d x} [x \cos (x)]$

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

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x) + \sin (x) (3 x^{2})) - 3 (x \frac{d}{d x} [\cos (x)] + \cos (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x])$

Step 3.3

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

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x) + \sin (x) (3 x^{2})) - 3 (x (- \sin (x)) + \cos (x) \frac{d}{d x} [x])$

Step 3.4

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

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x) + \sin (x) (3 x^{2})) - 3 (x (- \sin (x)) + \cos (x) \cdot 1)$

Step 3.5

Multiply $\cos (x)$ by $1$ .

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x) + \sin (x) (3 x^{2})) - 3 (x (- \sin (x)) + \cos (x))$

Step 4

Simplify.

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Step 4.1

Apply the distributive property.

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x)) + 2 (\sin (x) (3 x^{2})) - 3 (x (- \sin (x)) + \cos (x))$

Step 4.2

Apply the distributive property.

$2 (x^{3} \cos (x)) + 2 (\sin (x) (3 x^{2})) - 3 (x (- \sin (x))) - 3 \cos (x)$

Step 4.3

Combine terms.

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Step 4.3.1

Multiply $3$ by $2$ .

$2 x^{3} \cos (x) + 6 (\sin (x) (x^{2})) - 3 (x (- \sin (x))) - 3 \cos (x)$

Step 4.3.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 3$ .

$2 x^{3} \cos (x) + 6 \sin (x) x^{2} + 3 x \sin (x) - 3 \cos (x)$

Step 4.4

Reorder terms.

$2 x^{3} \cos (x) + 6 x^{2} \sin (x) + 3 x \sin (x) - 3 \cos (x)$