DIFFERENTIATION USING THE PRODUCT RULE


The following problems require the use of the product rule. In the following discussion and solutions the derivative of a function h(x) will be denoted by tex2html_wrap_inline46 or h'(x) . The product rule is a formal rule for differentiating problems where one function is multiplied by another. The rule follows from the limit definition of derivative and is given by

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Remember the rule in the following way. Each time, differentiate a different function in the product and add the two terms together. In the list of problems which follows, most problems are average and a few are somewhat challenging. In most cases, final answers to the following problems are given in the most simplified form.



The following problems require use of the chain rule.



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Duane Kouba
Fri May 30 13:25:21 PDT 1997