Question
Differentiate the following functions by the product rule and the other method and verify that the answer from both the methods is the same.$(3\sec\text{x}-4\text{cosec}\text{x})(-2\sin\text{x}+5\cos\text{x})$

Answer

Let $\text{u}=(3\sec\text{x}-4\text{cosec}\text{x});\text{v}=(-2\sin\text{x}+5\cos\text{x})$Then, $\text{u}'=3\sec\text{x}\tan\text{x}+4\text{cosec}\text{x}\cot\text{x};\text{v}'=-2\cos\text{x}-5\sin\text{x}$
Using the product rule:
$\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}(\text{uv})=\text{uv}'+\text{vu}'$
$\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}[(3\sec\text{x}-4\text{cosec}\text{x})(-2\sin\text{x}+5\cos\text{x})]$
$=(3\sec\text{x}-4\text{cosec}\text{x})(-2\cos\text{x}-5\cos\text{x})+(-2\sin\text{x}+5\cos\text{x})(3\sec\text{x}\tan\text{x}+4\text{cosec}\text{x}\cot\text{x})$
$=-6+15\tan\text{x}+8\cot\text{x}+20-6\tan^2\text{x}-8\cot\text{x}-15\tan\text{x}+20\cot^2\text{x}$
$=-6+20-6(\sec^2\text{x}-1)+20(\text{cosec}^2\text{x}-1)$
$=-6\sec^2\text{x}+20\text{cosec}^2\text{x}$
Alternate method
$\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}[​(3\sec\text{x}-4\text{cosec}\text{x})(-2\sin\text{x}+5\cos\text{x})]$
$=\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}(-6\sec\text{x}\sin\text{x}+15\sec\text{x}\cos\text{x}+8\text{cosecx}\sin\text{x}-20\text{cosecx}\cos\text{x})$
$=\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}\Big(-6\frac{\sin\text{x}}{\cos\text{x}}+15\frac{\cos\text{x}}{\cos\text{x}}+8\frac{\sin\text{x}}{\sin\text{x}}-20\frac{\cos\text{x}}{\sin\text{x}}\Big)$
$=\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}(-6\tan\text{x}+15+8-20\cot\text{x})$
$=\frac{\text{d}}{\text{dx}}(-6\tan\text{x}-20\cot\text{x}+23)$
$-6\sec^2\text{x}+20\text{cosec}^2\text{x}$

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