HIGHER DERIVATIVES

The derivative of 𝐲 with respect to 𝐱 is

itself a function of 𝐱, and may in turn be
differentiated. The derivative of the first
derivative is called the second derivative
and is written: 𝟐
𝒅 𝒚
𝒅𝒙𝟐
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Further differentiations give,

𝟑 𝟒
𝒅 𝒚 𝒅 𝒚
𝟑
, 𝟒
, … 𝒆𝒕𝒄.
𝒅𝒙 𝒅𝒙
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Other symbols for the higher

derivatives are:
′′ ′′′ (𝟒)
𝒚 , 𝒚 , 𝒚 , … 𝐚𝐧𝐝
′′ (𝟒)
𝒇 𝒙 , 𝒇 𝒙 ,…
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EXAMPLES:
Find the second 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞.
𝟒 𝟐
1. 𝐲 = (𝟑 − 𝐱 )
′ 𝟒 𝟑
𝐲 = (𝟐) (𝟑 − 𝐱 ) (−𝟒𝐱 )
′ 𝟑 𝟒
𝐲 = −𝟖𝐱 (𝟑 − 𝐱 )
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𝐲 ′ = −𝟐𝟒𝐱 𝟑 + 𝟖𝐱 𝟕

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞:

𝐲 ′′ 𝟐
=(−𝟐𝟒) (𝟑) 𝐱 + 𝟖(𝟕)𝐱 𝟔

′′ 𝟐 𝟔
𝐲 = −𝟕𝟐𝐱 + 𝟓𝟔 𝐱
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𝐲 ′′ = 𝟓𝟔 𝟔 𝟐
𝐱 − 𝟕𝟐𝐱
𝐲 ′′ = 𝟐 𝟒
𝟖𝐱 𝟕𝐱 −𝟗 𝒂𝒏𝒔.
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Group Work Activity: (1 Whole paper )

Find the first derivative. 20 pts.

𝟒 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
1. 𝐲 = (𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝒙 + 𝟏)
2. 𝐰 = 𝐥𝐧 𝟏 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟐 𝜽
𝟐 𝟑𝐱 𝟐 𝟑𝐱
3. 𝐲 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝐞 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝐞
4. 𝜽 = 𝟏 + 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝟐𝒙 𝜽
Assignment: (1 Whole paper )
Find the second derivative. 20 pts.
𝐱
1. 𝐲 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 (𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐞 )
𝟒𝐱 𝟐 𝐱
2. 𝐰 = 𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐞
𝟑 𝟑𝐭
3. 𝐲 = 𝐭 − 𝐥𝐧 𝐞
𝟑𝐱 𝟑/𝟐
4. 𝐫 = (𝟐𝐞 − 𝟏)