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    This document provides examples and rules for finding derivatives of various functions, including: - Constant and power functions - Products of functions using the product rule - Quotients of functions using the quotient rule It includes examples of finding derivatives of combinations of power, product, and quotient functions.

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    of 5

    Example 8.1.

    4 : Find of

    Solution:

    Use

    If we want to indicate the value of derivate in Leibniz notation of , use

    Definition 8.1.2: The function is differentiable at if exists and differentiable on


    an open interval if it is differentiable at every
    number in the interval.

    8.2 DERIVATIVE OF POWER FUNCTIONS


     Using the definition to find the derivative is not the easiest task.
     In this section, we develop certain rules for finding the derivatives of power functions and
    combinations of power functions.

    8.2.1 Rules of Differentiation

    1. Constant function : y = c, c is a constant


    d
     A horizontal line has a zero slope: y ' = (b) = 0
    dx

    Proof : Let

    Example 8.2.1 : Find y’ of the following functions:

    (a) y = 3 (b) y = -2

    2. Power function: y = xn , n a real number:


    d n
    y'= ( x ) = n.x n- 1
    dx

    Example 8.2.2 : Find the derivative

    (a) (b)

    d 1
    (c) (d)  
    dt  t 

    (e) (f)

    3. If u(x) is a differentiable function of x and b is a constant, then


    d du
    (bu)  b.
    dx dx
    Proof : Let
    Example 8.2.3 : Find

    (a)
    (b)
    d d  4 
    (c) (cu)n (d)  
    du dw  w 

    4. If f(x) and g(x) are two differentiable functions of x, then


    d
     f ( x)  g ( x)   d  f ( x)   d g ( x) 
    dx dx dx
    Proof : Let h(x) = f(x) + g(x)
    Then

    dy
    Example 8.2.4 : Find
    dx
    (a)

    (b)

    (c) y = 3 x5 + x- 3 (d) y  x 7  3 x 2

    8.3 DERIVATIVE OF A PRODUCT

    If f and g are both differentiable, then


    d
     f ( x)  g ( x)   f ( x)  d g ( x)   g ( x)  d  f ( x) 
    dx dx dx

    This method is called the product rule. Do the proof as an exercise.

    Example 8.3.1 : Find the derivative of the following functions.


    (a) y = (x - 2)(x2 + x + 3)
    f(x) = x - 2 g(x) = x2 + x + 3
    f’(x) = 1 g’(x) = 2x + 1

    dy
    Solution: = (x – 2)( 2x+1)+( x2 + x + 3)(1)
    dx

    (b) h( p)  (5 p  3 p)(2 p  8 p  7)
    2 3

    (c) w(u)  (2 u  1)(u  3)


    2

    Example 8.3.2 : Find y’(0) if y = (x - 2)(x2 + x + 3).

    Example 8.3.3 : (a) If , where and , find .

    8.4 DERIVATIVE OF A QUOTIENT

    If f and g are differentiable, then

    dy d  f ( x) 
    d
     f ( x)   f ( x)   g ( x) 
    g ( x) 
    d
        dx dx
    2
    dx dx  g ( x)  [ g ( x)]
    This method is called the QUOTIENT RULE. Do the proof as an exercise.

    Note: . Also, where possible, simplifying a quotient is sometimes easier than using the
    Quotient Rule.

    Example 8.4.1 : Find the derivative of the following functions.

     x-2 
    (a) y  2 
     x + x + 3
    f(x) = x - 2 g(x) = x2 + x + 3
    f’(x) = 1 g’(x) = 2x + 1

    dy d  x  2 
    ( x 2  x  3) 
    d
    dx

    dx

     x  2  ( x  2)  d x 2  x  3
      
    dx dx  x 2  x  3  [ x 2  x  3]2

    ( x 2  x  3)  (1)  ( x  2)  (2 x  1)

    [ x 2  x  3]2
    x 2  x  3  (2 x 2  3 x  2)

    [ x 2  x  3]2
    x 2  x  3  2 x 2  3x  2

    [ x 2  x  3]2
     x2  4x  5

    [ x 2  x  3]2

     s2 1 
    (b) y   3 
    s +4

     3 m 1 
    y   
    (c)  
     2 m 3
     1 

     1 
    Example 8.4.2: Find the slope of the tangent line to the graphs of y   1 2
     at x = 1.

     x +x 

    Example 8.4.3 : Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the point .

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