Section 3.2: The Product and Quotient Rules

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Section 3.2 is all about using 2 new rules to find derivatives more quickly. These 2 rules are known as the: 1)Product Rule 2)Quotient Rule.

1. The Product Rule: [h'(x) = [f(x) x g(x)]] = [[f(x) x g'(x)] + [g(x) x f'(x)]]

The product rule is quite simple. If one is trying to find the derivative of the product of 2 different functions, finding the product of the 1st function[f(x)] and the derivative of the 2nd function[g'(x)] plus the product of the 2nd function[g(x)] and the derivative of the 1st function[f'(x)] is the same thing.

Answers can be left un-simplified ^_^
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Example: f(x)=(x^7+3x^3+4x^2+7)(x^6+5x^4-3x)
f'(x)=(x^7+3x^3+4x^2+7)(6x^5+20x^3+3) + (x^6+5x^4-3x)(7x^6+9x^2+8x)

2. The Quotient Rule: [h'(x) = f(x) / g(x)] = [[g(x) x f’(x) – f(x) x g’(x)] / [[g(x)]^2]
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The quotient rule is almost as simple as the product rule. If one is trying to find the derivative of the quotient of 2 different functions, finding the product of the denominator function[g(x)] and the derivative of the numerator function[f'(x)] minus the product of the numerator function[f(x)] and the derivative of the denominator function[g'(x)] all over the square of the denominator function[[g(x)]^2] is the same thing.

A good way to remember the quotient rule is the song: "Lo di-Hi minus Hi di-Lo over the square of what's down below"

Answers can be left un-simplified like the product rule ^_^
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Example: h(x)=(3x^2+e^x) / (4x^3-12x)
h'(x)=[(4x^3-12x)(6x+e^x)-(3x^2+e^x)(12x^2-12)] / [(4x^3-12x)^2]


Here is a good site that can help you ^_^
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/AllBrowsers/2413/ProductQuotientRule.asp

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