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It is not totally clear to what the square root applies*; if just the 2, then:
d/dx ((√2)sin x) = (√2) cos x
if all of 2 sin x, then:
d/dx (√(2 sin x)) = cos x / √(2 sin x)
* for the second version I would expect "square root all of 2 sin x" but some people would write as given in the question meaning this, so I've given both just in case.
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