Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 3 - Differentiation - 3.6 Trigonometric Functions - Exercises - Page 141: 53

Answer

$(cosx)' = -sinx$

Work Step by Step

$f'(x)$ = $\lim\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{cos(x+h)-cosx}{h}$ = $\lim\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{(cosx)(cosh)-(sinx)(sinh)-cosx}{h}$ = $\lim\limits_{h \to 0}cosx\frac{[cosh-1]}{h}-sinx[\frac{sinh}{h}]$ = $cosx(0)-sinx(1)$ = $-sinx$
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