Differentiate x^3⋅cos(5⋅x) with respect to x.

In order to solve this problem we will have to use the product rule as follows: d/dx[x^3⋅cos(5⋅x)]=[d/dx(x^3)]⋅cos(5x)+(x^3)⋅[d/dx[cos(5x)]]=(3⋅x^2)⋅cos(5⋅x)+(x^3)⋅−5⋅sin(5⋅x)=3⋅x^2⋅cos(5⋅x)−5⋅x^3⋅sin(5⋅x)

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