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| Jul7-04, 09:00 PM | #1 |
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50th dy/dx
The qeustion was what is the 50th dy/dx of F(x)=Cos(2x)
this is what i did 1st------dy/dx=-2Sin(2x) 2nd------dy/dx=-4Cos(2x) 3rd-------dy/dx=8Sin(2x) 4th-------dy/dx=16Cos(2x) 5th-------dy/dx=-32Sin(2x).....now that it reapeated itself its time to figure out the 50th. thats where im confused. My problem is with the negative signs. how can i catch that patteren.....
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| Jul7-04, 09:22 PM | #2 |
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If you think about it, it should be pretty clear. Differentiating cosine gives a negative, differentiating sine gives none. And you differentiate a cosine every other time.
So, you start with -sin. Now, differentiating sin gives no negative, so nothing changes -cos. Cos changes things, so +sin +cos -sin -cos + + - - + + . . . Got it? |
| Jul7-04, 09:43 PM | #3 |
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hmm...yeah i see. Thanks!
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| Jul17-04, 12:07 AM | #4 |
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50th dy/dx
I think you should use this way to solve your problem:
1th dx/dy = -2sin2x=+2cos(2x+pi/2), so we obtain 2th dx/dy = +4cos(2x+pi) 3th dx/dy = +8cos(2x+3pi/2) Continueing, we obtain: i th dx/dy=+2^icos(2x+npi/2), from this, we can determine 50th dx/dy very fast and easy |
| Jul17-04, 09:48 AM | #5 |
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You could try focusing on the even derivatives:
0th: cos(2x) 2nd: -4cos(2x) 4th: 16cos(2x) etc. So you might guess for the (2n)th derivative: [tex](-1)^n4^ncos(2x)[/tex] and prove this with induction. |
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