Rules of Differentiation

Assume c and k are constants.

1.

!
d
dx
(cf (x)) = c " f (x)
2.

!
d
dx
[f (x) g(x)] = " f (x) " g (x) (sum or difference rule)
3.

!
d
dx
[f (x)g(x)] = " f (x)g(x) + f (x) " g (x) (product rule)
4.

!
d
dx
f (x)
g(x)
"
#
$
%
&
'
=
g(x) ( f (x) )f (x) ( g (x)
[g(x)]
2
(quotient rule)
5.

!
d
dx
[f (g(x)] = " f (g(x)) " g (x) or

!
dy
dx
=
dy
du
du
dx
(chain rule)
6.

!
d
dx
(c) = 0 7.

!
d
dx
(x
n
) = nx
n"1

8.

!
d
dx
(e
x
) = e
x

9.

!
d
dx
(b
x
) = b
x
lnb
10.

!
d
dx
(sinx) = cos x 11.

!
d
dx
(cos x) = "sinx
12.

!
d
dx
(tanx) = sec
2
x 13.

!
d
dx
(cot x) = "csc
2
x
14.

!
d
dx
(sec x) = sec x tanx 15.

!
d
dx
(csc x) = "csc x cot x
16.

!
d
dx
(lnx) =
1
x
for x > 0 17.

!
d
dx
(lnx ) =
1
x
for
!
x " 0
18.

!
d
dx
(sin
"1
x) =
1
1" x
2
19.

!
d
dx
(cos
"1
x) = "
1
1" x
2

20.

!
d
dx
(tan
"1
x) =
1
1+ x
2
21.

!
d
dx
(cot
"1
x) = "
1
1+ x
2

22.

!
d
dx
(sec
"1
x) =
1
x x
2
"1
23.

!
d
dx
(csc
"1
x) = "
1
x x
2
"1