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Relevant wiki: Differentiation - Chain Rule
Recall that by chain rule , we have d x d ( f ( x ) ) n = n ⋅ f ′ ( x ) ⋅ ( f ( x ) ) n − 1 . In this case n = 2 and f ( x ) = sin x or f ( x ) = cos x .
And note that d x d sin x = cos x and d x d cos x = − sin x . See derivatives of trigonometric functions .
d x d sin 2 x = 2 sin x d x d sin x = 2 sin x cos x = sin 2 x
While
d x d cos 2 x = 2 cos x d x d cos x = 2 cos x ( − sin x ) = − sin 2 x
So option 2 is right