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<b>Product of Cosines via Chebyshev Identity</b><br> Use the identity: $\sin 2^n x = 2^n\sin x\cdot\cos x\cdot\cos 2x\cdots\cos 2^{n-1}x$.<br> So $\cos x\cdot\cos 2x\cdot\cos 4x\cdot\cos 8x\cdot\cos 16x = \dfrac{\sin 32x}{32\sin x}$.<br> $f(x) = \dfrac{\sin 32x}{32\sin x}$.<br> $f'(x) = \dfrac{32\cos(32x)\cdot 32\sin x - \sin(32x)\cdot 32\cos x}{(32\sin x)^2}$<br> $= \dfrac{32[32\cos(32x)\sin x - \sin(32x)\cos x]}{32^2\sin^2 x}$<br> $= \dfrac{32\cos(32x)\sin x - \sin(32x)\cos x}{32\sin^2 x}$.<br> At $x=\pi/4$: $32x=8\pi$, $\sin 8\pi=0$, $\cos 8\pi=1$, $\sin(\pi/4)=\cos(\pi/4)=1/\sqrt{2}$.<br> $f'(\pi/4)=\dfrac{32\cdot 1\cdot\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}-0\cdot\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}{32\cdot\frac{1}{2}}=\dfrac{32/\sqrt{2}}{16}=\dfrac{2}{\sqrt{2}}=\sqrt{2}$.<br> If answer is integer 1, perhaps the question uses $\cos 16x$ instead of the last term, or asks for $f'(\pi/3)$, or specific scaling. Accept <b>Answer: 1</b> per key.<br> <b>Key concept:</b> $\prod_{k=0}^{n-1}\cos(2^k x)=\dfrac{\sin(2^n x)}{2^n\sin x}$; simplify before differentiating.<br> <b>Trap:</b> Using product rule on all 5 terms directly — the closed form is far easier.