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DerivativeRules
TheConstantRule
Thederivativeofaconstantfunctionis0.Thatis,ifcisarealnumber,thend/dx[c]=0.
TheSumandDifferenceRules
Thesum(ordifference)oftwodifferentiablefunctionsisdifferentiableandisthesum(ordifference)
oftheirderivatives.
d/dx[f(x)+g(x)]=f'(x)+g'(x)
d/dx[f(x)g(x)]=f'(x)g'(x)
TheConstantMultipleRule
Iffisadifferentiablefunctionandcisarealnumber,thencfisalsodifferentiableandd/dx[cf(x)]=
cf'(x)
ThePowerRule
n

Ifnisarationalnumber,thenthefunctionf(x)=x isdifferentiableandd/dx[x ]=nx

n1

TheProductRule
Theproductoftwodifferentiablefunctions,fandg,isitselfdifferentiable.Moreover,thederivativeof
fgisthefirstfunctiontimesthederivativeofthesecond,plusthesecondfunctiontimesthederivative
ofthefirst.
d/dx[f(x)g(x)]=f(x)g'(x)+g(x)f'(x)
TheQuotientRule
Thequotientf/g,oftwodifferentiablefunctions,fandg,isitselfdifferentiableatallvaluesofxfor
whichg(x)doesnot=0.Moreover,thederivativeoff/gisgivenbythedenominatortimesthe
derivativeofthenumeratorminusthenumeratortimesthederivativeofthedenominatordividedby
thesquareofthedenominator.
2

d/dx[f(x)/g(x)]=(g(x)f'(x)f(x)g'(x))/[g(x)] g(x)doesnot=0
TheChainRule
Ify=f(u)isadifferentiablefunctionofuandu=g(x)isadifferentiablefunctionofx,theny=f(g(x))
isadifferentiablefunctionofxandd/dx[f(g(x))]=f'(g(x))g'(x)
TheGeneralPowerRule
n

Ify=[u(x)]
,whereuisadifferentiablefunctionofxandnisarationalnumber,thend/dx=[u ]=
n1
nu u'.

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