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How do you use the product rule to differentiate $y=cos(x)*sin(x)$ ?

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Oct 20, 2014

$y=u*v=cos(x)*sin(x)$

$u'=-sin(x)$

$v'=cos(x)$

$y'=(uv)'=u'v+uv'=-sin(x)*sin(x)+cos(x)*cos(x)$

$y'=(uv)'=u'v+uv'=-sin^2(x)+cos^2(x)$

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