How do you find f''(x)=csc x?

1 Answer
Apr 1, 2015

(Question edited -- you can't use the keyboard's double quote for the second derivative, it interprets it to mean something else. You need do use two single quotes.)

I think you meant to ask how to find the second derivative of f(x)=cscx. (If not, please post another question.)

For f(x)=cscx, we have

f'(x)=-cscx cotx = -[cscx cotx]

To differentiate this, we'll need the product rule. (I use #(FS)'=F'S+FS')

f''(x) = -[(-cscx cotx)cotx + (cscx)(-csc^2x)]

f''(x)=cscx cot^2x+csc^3x