Differentiation with a bit of trig?

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    Hi,

    Please see the attached image.

    The step that I don't understand is marked. Please could someone explain how this magic happens?
     

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    upload_2022-9-20_16-56-41.gif

    upload_2022-9-20_16-57-2.gif

    upload_2022-9-20_16-58-3.gif
    upload_2022-9-20_16-58-32.gif
     
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    Thanks :) But I meant the previous step. I should have been clearer.
     
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    upload_2022-9-21_12-18-2.gif

    Apply the constant multiple rule (d/dx)(c F(x)) with upload_2022-9-21_12-19-15.gif and upload_2022-9-21_12-19-46.gif

    upload_2022-9-21_12-24-29.gif = upload_2022-9-21_12-29-0.gif

    apply the chain rule (d/dx(F(G(x)))=(d/du)(F(u))(d/dx)(G(x)):

    upload_2022-9-21_12-31-38.gif = upload_2022-9-21_12-34-12.gif

    apply the power rule (d/du)(u^n)=n*u^(n-1) with n=-1

    = upload_2022-9-21_12-36-26.gif

    = upload_2022-9-21_12-38-42.gif


    Return to the old variable: upload_2022-9-21_12-39-26.gif


    = will continue ( only 10 img can be in one post)
     
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    = upload_2022-9-21_12-42-5.gif
    The derivative of a sum/difference is the sum/difference of derivatives:

    = upload_2022-9-21_12-43-19.gif


    The derivative of the cosine is (d/dx)(cos(x))=-sin(x):

    = upload_2022-9-21_12-44-20.gif

    Apply the constant multiple rule:


    = upload_2022-9-21_12-45-8.gif

    The derivative of the sine is (d/dx)(sin(x))=cos(x):

    = upload_2022-9-21_13-16-10.gif

    = upload_2022-9-21_13-16-50.gif


    = upload_2022-9-21_13-17-23.gif

    equal to zero

    upload_2022-9-21_13-18-8.gif

    will be zero if one factor equal to zero, so let -sin(theta)+mu[k]cos(theta)=0
     

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    then
    upload_2022-9-21_13-5-46.gif

    upload_2022-9-21_13-5-8.gif
     

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    MathLover1, Sep 21, 2022
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    Thanks so much. That's great.

    What confuses me still, I suppose, is how one can "choose" to make one factor = 0, arbitrarily, if you see what I mean. It alarms my emotional brain, although I've checked, and I see that it does indeed yield a minimal T.

    So why choose that factor to be 0? (i.e. why not choose the other?)
     
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    you want to find angle θ and it will be possible only if (dT)/(d(theta))=0

    since upload_2022-9-21_18-17-27.gif , you see that on right side is a product of two factors upload_2022-9-21_18-20-16.gif and upload_2022-9-21_18-20-54.gif

    then, you choose simpler factor which is upload_2022-9-21_18-21-10.gif and equal it to zero
     

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    MathLover1, Sep 22, 2022
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