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2 Differentiation Rules

The document discusses various differentiation rules for determining the derivative of functions, including: 1) The constant rule, power rule, constant multiple rule, sum and difference rules, product and quotient rules, and chain rule. 2) Examples are provided to demonstrate applying each rule to find the derivative of given functions. 3) The chain rule is generalized to the general power rule, which states that if f is a differentiable function of x, where x is a differentiable function of t, then the derivative of f with respect to t is (df/dx) * (dx/dt).

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2 Differentiation Rules

The document discusses various differentiation rules for determining the derivative of functions, including: 1) The constant rule, power rule, constant multiple rule, sum and difference rules, product and quotient rules, and chain rule. 2) Examples are provided to demonstrate applying each rule to find the derivative of given functions. 3) The chain rule is generalized to the general power rule, which states that if f is a differentiable function of x, where x is a differentiable function of t, then the derivative of f with respect to t is (df/dx) * (dx/dt).

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Differentiation Rules

Short way in determining Derivative


of a Function
Differentiation Rules

Constant Rule
The derivative of a constant function is
0. In symbols, if is constant, then
Differentiation Rules
Example 5: Find the derivative of the following functions:
a. b. c.

Solution:
The given functions are all constant functions.
Therefore, and .
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Power Rule
If is any real number, then:

Note that . Using the equation above, because . Thus, the


derivative of the identity function is 1. This derivative will be very
helpful as we study the differentiation process further.
Differentiation Rules
Example 6: Find the derivative of each function.

a.
b.

c.
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Solution:
a.
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Solution:
b.
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Solution:
c.
Because
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Constant Multiple Rule
If is any real number constant and is a differentiable
function of , then:

To summarize, when a given function is multiplied to a


constant, you can factor out the constant first and then
perform the differentiation process.
Differentiation Rules
Example 7: Differentiate the function .
Solution:
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Sum and Difference Rules
If and are two differentiable functions at ,
then:
Differentiation Rules
Example 8: Find the derivative of
Solution:
Differentiation Rules
Example 9: The profit (in pesos) from selling units of
numeric keypads is given by the function . At what rate is
the profit changing when ?
Solution:

If , then

Therefore, the profit increases at a rate of when .


Differentiation Rules
Product and Quotient Rules
If and are two differentiable functions at , then:
Product Rule

Quotient Rule
Differentiation Rules
Example 10: Find the derivative of
Solution:
Let and . Then, and . Applying the rule, we have:
Differentiation Rules
Example 11: Find the derivative of .
Solution:
Let and . Then, and . Using the quotient rule, we have:
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Chain Rule
If is differentiable function of and is a differentiable
function of , then can be regarded as a function of, and
that:

That is, the derivative of with respect to is the


derivative of with respect to multiplied by the derivative
of with respect to .
Differentiation Rules

Not Differentiable with the Differentiable with the


Chain Rule Chain Rule
Differentiation Rules
Example 12: Find the derivative of .
Solution:
Decomposing the functions, let and . This results in and .
Then, by substitution, we have:

Substituting back the value of in terms of , we have:

The chain rule leads to the generalization of the power rule.


Differentiation Rules
General Power Rule
If is a differentiable function of , where is a
differentiable function of , then for any real number ,

To identify the function , note that it is usually the


inside function in the given composite function.
Differentiation Rules
Example 13: Use the general power rule to find the
derivative of .
Solution:
The inside function is . Thus, . Using the general power
rule, we have:

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