Finding Derivatives - Math
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Find the derivative of the following function:

Find the derivative of the following function:
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Since this function is a polynomial, we take the derivative of each term separately.
From the power rule, the derivative of

is simply

We can rewrite
as

and using the power rule again, we get a derivative of
or 
So the answer is

Since this function is a polynomial, we take the derivative of each term separately.
From the power rule, the derivative of
is simply
We can rewrite as
and using the power rule again, we get a derivative of
or
So the answer is
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Which of the following best represents
?
Which of the following best represents ?
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The question is just asking for the Quotient Rule formula.
Recall the Quotient Rule is the bottom function times the derivative of the top minus the top function times the derivative of the bottom all divided by the bottom function squared.
Given,

the bottom function is
and the top function is
. This makes the bottom derivative
and the top derivative
.
Substituting these into the Quotient Rule formula resulting in the following.

The question is just asking for the Quotient Rule formula.
Recall the Quotient Rule is the bottom function times the derivative of the top minus the top function times the derivative of the bottom all divided by the bottom function squared.
Given,
the bottom function is and the top function is
. This makes the bottom derivative
and the top derivative
.
Substituting these into the Quotient Rule formula resulting in the following.
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What is 
What is
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The chain rule is "first times the derivative of the second plus second times derivative of the first".
In this case, that means
.
The chain rule is "first times the derivative of the second plus second times derivative of the first".
In this case, that means .
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What is the first derivative of
?
What is the first derivative of ?
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Since we're adding terms, we take the derivative of each part separately. For
, we can use the power rule, which states that we multiply the variable by the current exponent and then lower the exponent by one. For sine, we use our trigonometric derivative rules.
Remember,
.


Since we're adding terms, we take the derivative of each part separately. For , we can use the power rule, which states that we multiply the variable by the current exponent and then lower the exponent by one. For sine, we use our trigonometric derivative rules.
Remember, .
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What is the second derivative of
?
What is the second derivative of ?
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To find the second derivative, we need to start by finding the first one.
Since we're adding terms, we take the derivative of each part separately. For
, we can use the power rule, which states that we multiply the variable by the current exponent and then lower the exponent by one. For sine, we use our trigonometric derivative rules.
Remember,
.


Now we repeat the process, but using
as our equation.



To find the second derivative, we need to start by finding the first one.
Since we're adding terms, we take the derivative of each part separately. For , we can use the power rule, which states that we multiply the variable by the current exponent and then lower the exponent by one. For sine, we use our trigonometric derivative rules.
Remember, .
Now we repeat the process, but using as our equation.
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An ellipse is represented by the following equation:

What is the slope of the curve at the point (3,2)?
An ellipse is represented by the following equation:
What is the slope of the curve at the point (3,2)?
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It would be difficult to differentiate this equation by isolating
. Luckily, we don't have to. Use
to represent the derivative of
with respect to
and follow the chain rule.
(Remember,
is the derivative of
with respect to
, although it usually doesn't get written out because it is equal to 1. We'll write it out this time so you can see how implicit differentiation works.)




Now we need to isolate
by first putting all of these terms on the same side:



This is the equation for the derivative at any point on the curve. By substituting in (3, 2) from the original question, we can find the slope at that particular point:

It would be difficult to differentiate this equation by isolating . Luckily, we don't have to. Use
to represent the derivative of
with respect to
and follow the chain rule.
(Remember, is the derivative of
with respect to
, although it usually doesn't get written out because it is equal to 1. We'll write it out this time so you can see how implicit differentiation works.)
Now we need to isolate by first putting all of these terms on the same side:
This is the equation for the derivative at any point on the curve. By substituting in (3, 2) from the original question, we can find the slope at that particular point:
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If
, what is
?
If , what is
?
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For this problem, we can use the power rule. The power rule states that we multiply each variable by its current exponent and then lower that exponent by one.

Simplify.

Anything to the zero power is one, so
.
Therefore,
.
For this problem, we can use the power rule. The power rule states that we multiply each variable by its current exponent and then lower that exponent by one.
Simplify.
Anything to the zero power is one, so .
Therefore, .
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Find the derivative of the following function:

Find the derivative of the following function:
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We use the power rule on each term of the function.
The first term

becomes
.
The second term

becomes
.
The final term, 7, is a constant, so its derivative is simply zero.
We use the power rule on each term of the function.
The first term
becomes
.
The second term
becomes
.
The final term, 7, is a constant, so its derivative is simply zero.
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Give the average rate of change of the function
on the interval
.
Give the average rate of change of the function on the interval
.
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The average rate of change of
on interval
is

Substitute:

The average rate of change of on interval
is
Substitute:
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To get
, we can use the power rule.
Since the exponent of the
is
, as
, we lower the exponent by one and then multiply the coefficient by that original exponent:


Anything to the
power is
.


To get , we can use the power rule.
Since the exponent of the is
, as
, we lower the exponent by one and then multiply the coefficient by that original exponent:
Anything to the power is
.
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To solve this problem, we can use the power rule. That means we lower the exponent of the variable by one and multiply the variable by that original exponent.


Remember that anything to the zero power is one.


To solve this problem, we can use the power rule. That means we lower the exponent of the variable by one and multiply the variable by that original exponent.
Remember that anything to the zero power is one.
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To solve this problem, we can use the power rule. That means we lower the exponent of the variable by one and multiply the variable by that original exponent.
We're going to treat
as
, as anything to the zero power is one.
That means this problem will look like this:

Notice that
, as anything times zero is zero.


Remember, anything to the zero power is one.


To solve this problem, we can use the power rule. That means we lower the exponent of the variable by one and multiply the variable by that original exponent.
We're going to treat as
, as anything to the zero power is one.
That means this problem will look like this:
Notice that , as anything times zero is zero.
Remember, anything to the zero power is one.
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To solve this problem, we can use the power rule. That means we lower the exponent of the variable by one and multiply the variable by that original exponent.
We're going to treat
as
, as anything to the zero power is one.

Notice that
, as anything times zero is zero.



To solve this problem, we can use the power rule. That means we lower the exponent of the variable by one and multiply the variable by that original exponent.
We're going to treat as
, as anything to the zero power is one.
Notice that , as anything times zero is zero.
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To solve this equation, we can use the power rule. To use the power rule, we lower the exponent on the variable and multiply by that exponent.
We're going to treat
as
since anything to the zero power is one.
)
Notice that
since anything times zero is zero.



To solve this equation, we can use the power rule. To use the power rule, we lower the exponent on the variable and multiply by that exponent.
We're going to treat as
since anything to the zero power is one.
Notice that since anything times zero is zero.
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To solve this equation, we can use the power rule. To use the power rule, we lower the exponent on the variable and multiply by that exponent.
We're going to treat
as
since anything to the zero power is one.

Notice that
since anything times zero is zero.
That leaves us with
.
Simplify.


As stated earlier, anything to the zero power is one, leaving us with:

To solve this equation, we can use the power rule. To use the power rule, we lower the exponent on the variable and multiply by that exponent.
We're going to treat as
since anything to the zero power is one.
Notice that since anything times zero is zero.
That leaves us with .
Simplify.
As stated earlier, anything to the zero power is one, leaving us with:
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To solve this equation, we can use the power rule. To use the power rule, we lower the exponent on the variable and multiply by that exponent.
We're going to treat
as
since anything to the zero power is one.
)
Notice that
since anything times zero is zero.



Just like it was mentioned earlier, anything to the zero power is one.


To solve this equation, we can use the power rule. To use the power rule, we lower the exponent on the variable and multiply by that exponent.
We're going to treat as
since anything to the zero power is one.
Notice that since anything times zero is zero.
Just like it was mentioned earlier, anything to the zero power is one.
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To take the derivative of this equation, we can use the power rule. The power rule says that we lower the exponent of each variable by one and multiply that number by the original exponent.

Simplify.

Remember that anything to the zero power is equal to one.


To take the derivative of this equation, we can use the power rule. The power rule says that we lower the exponent of each variable by one and multiply that number by the original exponent.
Simplify.
Remember that anything to the zero power is equal to one.
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To take the derivative of this equation, we can use the power rule. The power rule says that we lower the exponent of each variable by one and multiply that number by the original exponent.
We are going to treat
as
since anything to the zero power is one.

Notice that
since anything times zero is zero.

Simplify.

As stated before, anything to the zero power is one.


To take the derivative of this equation, we can use the power rule. The power rule says that we lower the exponent of each variable by one and multiply that number by the original exponent.
We are going to treat as
since anything to the zero power is one.
Notice that since anything times zero is zero.
Simplify.
As stated before, anything to the zero power is one.
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To find the first derivative, we can use the power rule. We lower the exponent on all the variables by one and multiply by the original variable.



Anything to the zero power is one.


To find the first derivative, we can use the power rule. We lower the exponent on all the variables by one and multiply by the original variable.
Anything to the zero power is one.
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What is the derivative of
?
What is the derivative of ?
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To find the first derivative, we can use the power rule. We lower the exponent on all the variables by one and multiply by the original variable.
We're going to treat
as
since anything to the zero power is one.
For this problem that would look like this:

Notice that
since anything times zero is zero.


To find the first derivative, we can use the power rule. We lower the exponent on all the variables by one and multiply by the original variable.
We're going to treat as
since anything to the zero power is one.
For this problem that would look like this:
Notice that since anything times zero is zero.
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