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MATH160 Notes On Derivatives Part 4 (Quotient Rule and Trigonometric Derivatives)
MATH160 Notes On Derivatives Part 4 (Quotient Rule and Trigonometric Derivatives)
Quotient Rule
If 𝒇𝒇 and 𝒈𝒈 are differentiable functions of 𝒙𝒙, and 𝒈𝒈(𝒙𝒙) ≠ 𝟎𝟎, for all 𝒙𝒙, then
𝒅𝒅 𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑 𝒅𝒅 𝒕𝒕 𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕 − 𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒕 − 𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕− (𝒆𝒆 ) + 𝟐𝟐 𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒕 − 𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕− 𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒕
𝒕𝒕
(b) = 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒕𝒕 𝒕𝒕 𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
= 𝒕𝒕 𝒕𝒕
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒕 𝟐𝟐 𝒆𝒆𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨 𝒈𝒈
𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑 𝟏𝟏 𝟑𝟑 𝟑𝟑
𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒕 + 𝟐𝟐 −𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕+ + 𝟐𝟐 −𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕+
𝒕𝒕 𝒕𝒕 𝒕𝒕 𝒕𝒕 𝒕𝒕 𝒕𝒕
= =
𝒆𝒆𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒕
Practice Exercise
𝒅𝒅𝟐𝟐 𝒇𝒇 𝒙𝒙+𝟏𝟏
Determine for 𝒇𝒇 𝒙𝒙 =
𝒅𝒅𝒙𝒙𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙
𝟐𝟐
Ans:
𝒙𝒙𝟑𝟑
Derivatives Part 4 ( Quotient Rule, Trig Derivatives) Page 2
Example 2
Determine the derivatives of the following functions:
(a) 𝒈𝒈 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐𝒆𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒚𝒚
𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒕𝒕
(b) 𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒕 =
𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒕𝒕
Soliutions
(a) 𝒈𝒈′ 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐𝒆𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒚𝒚 + 𝟐𝟐𝒆𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟐𝟐𝒆𝒆𝒚𝒚 (𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒚𝒚 + 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒚𝒚)
𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒕𝒕 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒕𝒕 − 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒕𝒕 −𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒕𝒕 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐬𝐬 𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕+𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐧𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕 𝟏𝟏
(b) 𝒚𝒚′ 𝒕𝒕 = 𝟐𝟐 = = = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕
𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒕𝒕 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐬𝐬𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐬𝐬𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕
𝒅𝒅
Note that we showed 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒕𝒕 = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒕𝒕
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
Solutions
(a) 𝒓𝒓(𝜽𝜽) = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝜽𝜽 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝜽𝜽
𝒓𝒓′ 𝜽𝜽 = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝜽𝜽 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝜽𝜽 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝜽𝜽 + 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝜽𝜽(−𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝜽𝜽 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝜽𝜽)
= 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝜽𝜽𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝜽𝜽(𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝜽𝜽 − 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝜽𝜽)
= 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝜽𝜽 − 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝜽𝜽
(b) 𝒉𝒉 𝒙𝒙 = 𝒙𝒙 𝒆𝒆𝒙𝒙 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
= 𝒆𝒆𝒙𝒙 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙 + 𝒙𝒙(𝒆𝒆𝒙𝒙 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙 + 𝒆𝒆𝒙𝒙 −𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙 )
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
= 𝒆𝒆𝒙𝒙 (𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙 + 𝒙𝒙𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙 − 𝒙𝒙𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙)
(c) 𝒚𝒚 = (𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙 + 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙)(𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙 − 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙)
𝒚𝒚𝒚(𝒙𝒙)
= 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 + 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙 − 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 + 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙 + 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 − 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙
= 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 − 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐧𝐧𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙 + 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟑𝟑 𝒙𝒙 − 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 + 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 +
𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐧𝐧𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙 − 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟑𝟑 𝒙𝒙 − 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 = 𝟎𝟎
𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒒𝒒
(d) 𝒑𝒑(𝒒𝒒) =
𝟏𝟏+𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒒𝒒
Summary
𝒅𝒅 𝒇𝒇(𝒙𝒙) 𝒇𝒇′ 𝒙𝒙 𝒈𝒈 𝒙𝒙 −𝒇𝒇 𝒙𝒙 𝒈𝒈𝒈(𝒙𝒙)
• =
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒈𝒈(𝒙𝒙) 𝒈𝒈𝟐𝟐 (𝒙𝒙)
𝒅𝒅
• 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙 = 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
𝒅𝒅
• 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙 = −𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
𝒅𝒅
• 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙 = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
𝒅𝒅
• 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙 = 𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬𝐬 𝒙𝒙 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒙𝒙
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
𝒅𝒅
• 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝒄𝒄 𝒙𝒙 = −𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
𝒅𝒅
• 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝒙𝒙 = −𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝒙
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅
2. Determine
𝒅𝒅𝒙𝒙 𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒕
� 𝐢𝐢𝐢𝐢 𝒙𝒙(𝒕𝒕) =
𝒅𝒅𝒅𝒅 𝒕𝒕 = 𝝅𝝅 𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭 𝒕𝒕
𝟒𝟒
3. Determine
𝝅𝝅
the equation of the tangent to the curve of 𝒚𝒚 = 𝟑𝟑 𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜𝐜 𝜽𝜽 at the
point 𝜽𝜽 = .
𝟑𝟑