Thread: Finding the tangent line!

Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve y = (sin(x))(cos(x))
at the point (pi/4, 1/2).

im usually good with finding tangent lines from this kinda stuff, but this one doesnt seem to work for me...any help

thanks

Originally Posted by mathlete

Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve y = (sin(x))(cos(x))
at the point (pi/4, 1/2).

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Use product rule:



Then and therefore the equation of the tangent is