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Section 3.1 Information

Alternate Notations for the derivative of y = f (x)
1. f (x) or f 2. y dy 3. dx the derivative of y with respect to x d [f (x)] 4. dx

List of Shortcut Formulas

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
d dx [c]

= = =

d n dx [x ]

d dx [cf (x)] d dx [f (x) d dx [f (x) d x dx [e ]

+ g (x)] = g (x)] =

Section 3.1 Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Functions

Example 1. Let f (x) = x4 2x3 . Find f (x)

Example 2. Let y = x2 + x + 4 +

1 . Find y . x3

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Example 3.

Exercises

1. Let f (x) = 2ex 3x2 x, whose graph is given to the right. Sketch in the tangent lines to f (x) at x = 1, x = 2, and x = 3, and calculate their slopes.

y 8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 1 2 3 4 x

Calculus Workbook 2. Let f (x) = 1 + 2ex 3x. (a) At what value(s) of x does f (x) have a horizontal tangent line? Give answer(s) in exact form and as decimal approximations.

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(b) At what value of x does f (x) have a tangent line parallel to the line 3x y = 5?

3. Find the equation of the tangent line to f (x) = x3 2x2 + 4x + 1 at x = 1.

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Section 3.2 Product and Quotient Rule

d [f (x) g (x)] = dx d f (x) = dx g (x)

Example 1. Calculate

d x2 x3 . dx

Example 2. Let f (x) = (1 + x2 3x4 )(x7 8x4 ). Calculate f (x).

Example 3. Let y =

x2 . Calculate c + xex

dy dx .

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Example 4. Let f be a dierentiable function. If y = x4 f (x), nd formulas for y and y .

Exercises
1. Find the derivative of each of the following functions. You may assume that a, b, c, and d are constants. ax + b (a) f (x) = (x2 x) ex (b) g (x) = cx + d

Calculus Workbook 2. Find the equation of the tangent line to y = 1 at x = 0. 1 + x + xex

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Sections 3.4 and 3.5 The Chain Rule and Trigonometric Functions
The Chain Rule. If y = f (u) is dierentiable and u = g (x) is dierentiable, then
1. dy du dy = dx du dx d f (g (x)) = f (g (x)) g (x) dx

2.

Note:

Example 1. Let y = (3x2 2x 5)4 . Find

dy dx .

Example 2. Let y = 2ex + 1. Find

dy dx .

Example 3. Find

d x3 2x2 +1 e . dx

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Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

d sin x = dx d cos x = dx

d tan x = dx

d cot x = dx

d sec x = dx

d csc x = dx

Examples and Exercises

1. Find the equation of the tangent line to f (x) = (x2 + 1)1 at x = 1.

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d dx (sin x)

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d dx (cos x)

= sin x to prove that

d dx (tan x)

= sec2 x.

3. Find

d x dx (sin(xe )).

Calculus Workbook 4. Find the derivative of each of the following functions. (a) f (x) = x2 + 9 x+3 (b) f (t) = sin(t2 )

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(c) y = xex

(d) g (t) = tan2 t

(e) f (x) =

cos(sin2 x)