The product rule

or
= + [ ]′
Ex 1: Suppose that f (x) = xex, find
(a) f (x) (b) f (n)(x).

Solution:
(a) = = + = + = +1 .
 The quotient rule
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(b) =[ +1 ] = +1 + +1
= +1 + = +2
= +3
( ) = +4
Each successive differentiation adds another term, so
f (n)(x) = (x + n)ex
Example
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Differentiation formulas
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 Example
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 Exercise 22 (p. 112).
 Exercise 34 (p.113).
 The chain rule
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 The Chain Rule can be written either in the prime notation

(f  g)(x) = f (g(x))  g(x)
or, if y = f (u) and u = g(x), in Leibniz notation:
 Example 1
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(a) Find F'(x) if = +1.
(b) Find F'(x) if = cos .
Solution:
(a) Observe that F is a composite function: F(x) = (f  g)(x) = f (g(x))
where f (u) = and g (x) = x2 + 1.
Since = and g(x) = 2x.

We have F(x) = f (g (x))  g (x) = ×2 =

(b) In a similar fashion, we express F(x) = (f  g)(x) = f (g(x)) where
f (u) = cos and g (x) = x3 .
We have F(x) = f (g (x))  g (x) = −sin × 3 = −3 .
 Chain rule
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 The special case of the Chain Rule where the function f is a
power function is the Power Rule:

Example 3: Differentiate y = (x3 – 1)100.

Solution:
y‘= [(x3 – 1)100]’ = 100(x3 – 1)100 - 1(x3 – 1)’
= 100(x3 – 1)99  3x2 = 300x2(x3 – 1)99
 Homework
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2.4: 14, 21, 22, 23, 26, 34, 37-39, 43, 44, 50
2.5: 4, 10, 15, 23, 30, 42, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 75, 76