Calculus Name___________________________________ ID: 1

Chain Rule - Product/Quotient Date________________ Block____

Differentiate each function with respect to x.

1) y = (5x 4 + 4) ⋅ ( x 2 + 3)
5 4

2) y = (−x 5 − 3) ⋅ (−5x 2 + 4)
2 3

3) y = (2x + 5) ⋅ (4x 5 + 3)
3 2

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4) y =
(3x 5 − 5) 3

(3x 5 − 5) 4
5) y=
( x − 5) 2

(5x 5 + 1) 4
6) y =
(5x + 3) 3

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 Calculus Name___________________________________ ID: 1

Chain Rule - Product/Quotient Date________________ Block____

Differentiate each function with respect to x.

1) y = (5x 4 + 4) ⋅ ( x 2 + 3)
5 4

dy
= (5x 4 + 4) ⋅ 4( x 2 + 3) ⋅ 2x + ( x 2 + 3) ⋅ 5(5x 4 + 4) ⋅ 20x 3
5 3 4 4
dx
= 4x(5x 4 + 4) ⋅ ( x 2 + 3) (35x 4 + 8 + 75x 2 )
4 3

2) y = (−x 5 − 3) ⋅ (−5x 2 + 4)
2 3

dy
= (−x 5 − 3) ⋅ 3(−5x 2 + 4) ⋅ −10x + (−5x 2 + 4) ⋅ 2(−x 5 − 3) ⋅ −5x 4
2 2 3
dx
= 10x(−x 5 − 3)(−5x 2 + 4) (8x 5 + 9 − 4x 3 )
2

3) y = (2x + 5) ⋅ (4x 5 + 3)
3 2

dy
= (2x + 5) ⋅ 2(4x 5 + 3) ⋅ 20x 4 + (4x 5 + 3) ⋅ 3(2x + 5) ⋅ 2
3 2 2
dx
= 2(2x + 5) (4x 5 + 3)(52x 5 + 100x 4 + 9)
2

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 (−2x 4 + 3) 4
4) y =
(3x 5 − 5) 3
dy (3x 5 − 5) ⋅ 4(−2x 4 + 3) ⋅ −8x 3 − (−2x 4 + 3) ⋅ 3(3x 5 − 5) ⋅ 15x 4
3 3 4 2
=
dx ((3x 5 − 5) 3) 2
x 3 (−2x 4 + 3) (−6x 5 + 160 − 135x)
3
=
(3x 5 − 5) 4

(3x 5 − 5) 4
5) y=
( x − 5) 2
dy ( x − 5) ⋅ 4(3x 5 − 5) ⋅ 15x 4 − (3x 5 − 5) ⋅ 2( x − 5)
2 3 4
=
dx (( x − 5) 2) 2
2(3x 5 − 5) (27x 5 − 150x 4 + 5)
3
=
( x − 5) 3

(5x 5 + 1) 4
6) y =
(5x + 3) 3
dy (5x + 3) ⋅ 4(5x 5 + 1) ⋅ 25x 4 − (5x 5 + 1) ⋅ 3(5x + 3) ⋅ 5
3 3 4 2
=
dx ((5x + 3) 3) 2
5(5x 5 + 1) (85x 5 + 60x 4 − 3)
3
=
(5x + 3) 4

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