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8a:TheProductRule?ChristineCrisp“TeachALevelMaths”

Vol.2:A2CoreModules

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Theproductrulegivesusawayofdifferentiatingfunctionswhicharemultipliedtogether.Consider(a)and(b)However,doing(a)givesusaclueforanewmethod.but,weneedaneasierwayofdoing(b)sincehas11terms!(a)canbedifferentiatedbymultiplyingoutthebrackets...

(a)Multiplyingout:Nowsupposewedifferentiatethe2functionsinwithoutmultiplyingthemout.Multiplyingthese2answersdoesNOTgiveBUTLetand

(a)Multiplyingout:Nowsupposewedifferentiatethe2functionsinwithoutmultiplyingthemout.BUTLetandand

(a)Multiplyingout:Nowsupposewedifferentiatethe2functionsinwithoutmultiplyingthemout.BUTLetandAddingthesegivestheanswerwewant.and

So,ifwhereuandvarebothfunctionsofx,e.g.Weneedtosimplifytheanswer:Multiplyoutthebrackets:Collectliketerms:

,butI’vechangedtheorder.visafunctionofafunctionbutsincethederivativeoftheinnerfunctionis1,wecanignoreit.However,wewillmeetmorecomplicatedfunctionsofafunctionlater!Thestandardorderistohaveconstantsfirst,thenpowersofxandfinallybracketedfactors.LetNowwecando(b)inthesameway.and

LetNowwecando(b)inthesameway.andDon’tbetemptedtotrytomultiplyout.Thinkhowmanytermstherewillbe!Therearecommonfactors.Tip:Thecross(multiply!)actsasareminderoftheproductrule!

Howmany(x-1)factorsarecommon?LetNowwecando(b)inthesameway.andThecommonfactors.=

=LetNowwecando(b)inthesameway.and=

Otherwiseusetheproductrule:IfSUMMARYwhereuandvarebothfunctions