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MATH 1401
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
RULES OF DERIVATIVES
CALCULUS 1
•In the previous section, we introduced the symbolfor the derivative of the function with respect to
 f x
'( )
 f x
'( )
 
x 
. We saw that irrespective of whether we arecomputing the
slope of a tangent line
, the
instantaneous rate of change of a function
, or the
instantaneous velocity of an object
, we mustcompute the function
 x h x
 
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or 
 f xh
h
'( ) lim
0
 f xf x f a x a
 x a
'( ) lim( ) ( )
 
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(
read 
f prime of
x 
).
 f x
'( )
(
read 
derivative of y with respect to
x 
).(or simply
dydx
)(
read 
y prime
),
dydx
 y
'
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d dx f x
( )
 D y
 x
CALCULUS 1
We will consider the following Rules1.Derivative of a constant2.Power Rule for derivatives3.Derivative of a constant multiple4.Sum and difference rules5.Higher order derivatives
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6.Product rule7.Quotient rule8.Chain Rule
 
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