DERIVATIVE DEFINITION COMMON DERIVATIVES

ⅆ 𝑓(𝑥 + ℎ) − 𝑓(𝑥) ⅆ
(𝑓(𝑥)) = 𝑓 ′ 𝑥 = 𝑙𝑖𝑚 (𝑥) = 1
ⅆ𝑥 𝑥→0 ℎ ⅆ𝑥
ⅆ
BASIC PROPERTIES (𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥
ⅆ𝑥
(𝑐𝑓(𝑥)) = 𝑐(𝑓(𝑥)) ⅆ
′ ′
(𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥) = − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥
(𝑓(𝑥) ± 𝑔(𝑥)) = 𝑓′(𝑥) ± 𝑔 (𝑥) ⅆ𝑥

ⅆ ⅆ
(𝐶) = 0 (𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥) = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝑥
ⅆ𝑥 ⅆ𝑥
ⅆ
MEAN VALUE THEOREM (𝑐𝑠𝑐 𝑥) = − 𝑐𝑠𝑐 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝑥
ⅆ𝑥
If f is differentiable on the interval and continuous at
ⅆ
the end points there exists a in such that (𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝑥) = − 𝑐𝑠𝑐 2 𝑥
ⅆ𝑥
ⅆ 1
(𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥) =
𝑓(𝑏) − 𝑓(𝑐) ⅆ𝑥 √1 − 𝑥 2
𝑓(𝑐) =
𝑏−𝑎 ⅆ −1
(𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥) =
ⅆ𝑥 √1 − 𝑥 2
PRODUCT RULE
ⅆ 1
(𝑓(𝑥)𝑔(𝑥)′ = 𝑓(𝑥)′ 𝑔(𝑥) + 𝑓(𝑥)𝑔(𝑥)′ (𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 𝑥) =
ⅆ𝑥 √1 − 𝑥 2
QUOTIENT RULE ⅆ 𝑥
(𝑎 ) = 𝑎 𝑥 𝑙𝑛(𝑎)
ⅆ 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑓(𝑥)𝑔𝑥 = 𝑓(𝑥)𝑔′ (𝑥) ⅆ𝑥
( )= ⅆ 𝑥
ⅆ𝑥 𝑔(𝑥) [𝑔(𝑥)]2
(𝑒 ) = 𝑒 𝑥
ⅆ𝑥
POWER RULE ⅆ 1
(𝑙𝑛(𝑥)) = , 𝑥 > 0
ⅆ 𝑛 ⅆ𝑥 𝑥
(𝑥 ) = 𝑛𝑥 𝑛−1
ⅆ𝑥 ⅆ 1
(𝑙𝑛|𝑥|) =
𝑎𝑥 𝑥
CHAIN RULE
ⅆ 1
ⅆ (𝑙𝑜𝑔𝐶 (𝑥)) =
ⅆ𝑥 𝑥 𝑙𝑛(𝑛)
(𝑓(𝑔(𝑥)) = 𝑓 ′ (𝑔(𝑥))𝑔′ (𝑥)
ⅆ𝑥

LIMIT EVALUATION METHOD – FACTOR AND CANCEL

𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 12 (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 4) (𝑥 − 4) 7
𝑙𝑖𝑚 2
= 𝑙𝑖𝑚 = 𝑙𝑖𝑚 =
𝑥→−3 𝑥 + 3𝑥 𝑥→−3 𝑥(𝑥 + 3) 𝑥→−3 𝑥 3

L’HOSPITAL’S RULE

𝑓(𝑥) 0 ±∞ 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑓 ′ (𝑥)

𝐼𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑚 = 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑚 = 𝑙𝑖𝑚 ′
𝑥→𝑎 𝑔(𝑥) 0 ±∞ 𝑥→𝑎 𝑔(𝑥) 𝑥→𝑎 𝑔 (𝑥)