Lesson 4: DIFFERENTIATION OF ALGEBRAIC FUNCTIONS

DIFFERENTIATION FORMULAS
• Constant
• Chain Rule
d
[c ] = 0
dx
• Power Rule

d n
[ x ] = nx n −1
dx • Radical with index equal to 2
• Constant Times a Function (Constant Multiple Rule)
du
d
cf ( x) = c  f ( x)
d d
( ) u = dx
dx dx dx 2 u
• Sums or Differences
• Radical with index other than 2
d
( f  g ) = d ( f )  d (g )
d  n  1 n −1 du
1 1
dx dx dx
d   u  =  u 
f ( x )  g ( x ) =
d
 f ( x )  
d
g ( x )  dx   n dx
dx  dx dx 
• Product Rule
HIGHER DERIVATIVES
d
( f  g ) = f dg + g df
dx dx dx f ' , f ' ' = ( f ' )' , f ' ' ' = ( f ' ' )' ,
d
 f ( x)  g ( x) = f ( x) d [ g ( x)] + g ( x) d  f ( x)
f ' , f ' ' = ( f ' )' , f ' ' ' = ( f ' ' )' , f 4 = ( f ' ' ' )' , f 5 = ( f 4 )' ,.....
dx dx dx
•
• Quotient Rule

df dg
g −f Steps in Implicit Differentiation:
d f dx dx
  = 1. Differentiate both sides of the equation with respect to x.
dx  g  g2 2. Collect all the terms with
dy
on one side of the equation.
dx
 f ( x) − f ( x) d g ( x)
d 3. Factor out
dy
g ( x)
d  f ( x)  dx dx dydx
=
dx  g ( x) 
4. Solve for .
g ( x)2
dx