The

Derivative
Prepare by:
WMSU Engr. Joseph V. Tolentino

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DIFFERENTIATION
-the process of finding the derivative of a function
(algebraic or transcendental (exponential,
logarithmic, trigonometric))

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 𝑑
What is 𝑑𝑥
?
An expression indicating the
𝑑
→ process of finding the derivative

x
𝑑𝑥 with respect to
Example
𝑑𝒚
→ An expression indicating the process of findin
𝑑𝑥 y ,where y is a
derivative of

Example 2: function, with respect to x.

𝑑𝒖
→ DERIVATIVE OF U WITH
𝑑𝒛 RESPECT TO Z
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Some differentiation rules or
formulas
•
𝑑
𝑐 =0 Note:
𝑑𝑥

•
𝑑
𝑥 =1 Like y on the previous
𝑑𝑥
example
𝑑 𝑑 𝑑𝑢
• 𝑐𝑢 = 𝑐 𝑢 =𝑐
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑣
• 𝑢+𝑣 = + u and v are functions
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝑛 𝑛−1 𝑑𝑢
• 𝑢 = 𝑛𝑢
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑 𝑑𝑣 𝑑𝑢
• 𝑢𝑣 = 𝑢 + 𝑣
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

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Chain rule
If y is differentiable function of u given by y=f(u) and
if u is a differentiable function of x given by u=g(x),
then y is a differentiable function of x and

𝑑𝑦 𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒖
= ∙
𝑑𝑥 𝒅𝒖 𝒅𝒙

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Examples
• 𝒚 = 𝟓𝒙𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟔
𝟑 𝟒
• 𝒚= 𝒙− + 𝒙
𝒙

• 𝒚 = 𝟕 + 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏
• 𝒚 = (𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒) 𝟐 (𝒙 − 𝟓) 𝟑
𝟑𝒙+𝟏
• 𝒚=
𝟑𝒙𝟐 +𝟐

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Example
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• 𝑦 = (2𝑢 − 2) , where u =
3 4x 3 +1
Solution:
𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑢
= ∙
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑢 𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑦 2 −1
= 2𝑢 − 2 3 ∙ 2 ∙ (12𝑥 2 )
𝑑𝑥 3
𝑑𝑦 2 −1
= 2(4𝑥 + 1) − 2 3 ∙ 2 ∙ (12𝑥 2 )
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𝑑𝑥 3
𝑑𝑦 −1
= 16𝑥 2 8𝑥 3 3
𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑦 16𝑥 2
=3
𝑑𝑥 8𝑥 3 7
Examples
• 𝒚 = 𝟓𝒙𝟑 − 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟔
𝟑 𝟒
• 𝒚= 𝒙− + 𝒙
𝒙
𝟑𝒙+𝟏
• 𝒚=
𝟑𝒙𝟐 +𝟐
• 𝒚 = (𝟑𝒙 + 𝟒) 𝟐 (𝒙 − 𝟓) 𝟑

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Assignment
𝑑𝑦
1Evaluate :
𝑑𝑥
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𝑦 = (2𝑥 − 1) + , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 = 2
3𝑥 − 2
2Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve at a
given point.
10 − 2𝑥
𝑦= , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 = 2
𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 + 5
3Find the values of x for which the derivative is zero
𝑦 = 𝑥 4 − 8𝑥 3 + 22𝑥 2 − 24𝑥 + 9
4Find the values of x given that
2 1
𝑑𝑦
𝑦 = 𝑥 − 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑
3 3 = 11
𝑑𝑥
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