I think it'd be easier to understand if i gave an example; let's say we have this function:
$$\cos(200 \pi t) \cdot \mbox{sinc} (5t)$$
What would the correct procedure to calculate the spectrum of the signal be?
Usually if it were a simpler function like: $$cos(10 \pi t) \cdot sin(5 \pi t)$$
i would use Euler's formula and i'd get:
$$\frac{e^{i10\pi t} + e^{-i10\pi t}}{2} \cdot \frac{e^{i5\pi t} - e^{-i5\pi t}}{2i} $$
then elaborate and plot the phase/magnitude schema. Should i follow a similar approach? Otherwise, what would the right approach be?
Thanks!
Hint
In both cases you can use the convolution theorem:
$$\mathcal{F}\{f(t).g(t)\}=\mathcal{F}\{g(t)\}*\mathcal{F}\{g(t)\}$$