LESSON 3

DERIVATIVE OF
ALGEBRAIC
FUNCTIONS
 Derivative of a Constant
 The Derivative of a Constant,

1)

 Examples .
 Derivative of Sum and
Difference
 Derivative of Sum (Sum Rule),

2)

 Derivative of Difference (Difference Rule),

3)
 Derivative of a Product
 Derivative of a Product (Product Rule),

4)

 Derivative of a product ,

4.1)
 Derivative of a Quotient
 Derivative of Quotient (Quotient Rule),

5)

 Derivative of quotient

5.1)
 Power Formula
 The Power Formula (Power Rule),

6)

Examples. Use the rules of differentiation to find the

derivative of the function.
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 Derivative of Algebraic
Functions
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 The Chain Rule
 The Chain Rule,

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Comparison of functions with and without chain rule.

Without chain rule With chain rule
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2) 2)
 The General Power Formula
 The General Power Formula,

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Examples. Use the rules of differentiation to find the

derivative of the function.
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 Derivative of Algebraic
Functions
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 Derivative of Algebraic
Functions

Find the slope of the function at the given point.

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Find the equation of the tangent line at the given point.

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 Higher Order Derivatives
 The derivative of y with respect to x ( or the first
derivative or y’) if differentiable, then its derivative is
called second derivative (or y’’) of the original
function. If y’’ is differentiable, then its derivative is
called the third derivative (or y’’’) of the original
function and so on.
Note:
 y’ is read as “ y prime”

 y’’ is read as “ y double prime”

 y’’’ is read as “ y triple prime”

 Higher Order Derivatives

The notations for Higher order derivatives are denoted

as shown.
 Implicit Differentiation
 From the previous topics, most functions have been
expressed in explicit form. For example, the equation
, the variable y is explicitly written as a
function of x. For the function , it is defined
implicitly by the equation .
 Implicit Differentiation
Examples of Explicit and Implicit Function
Explicit Function Implicit Function
1) 1)
2) 2)
3) 3)
 Derivative of Algebraic
Functions

Examples. Find the given higher order derivative.

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 Derivative of Algebraic
Functions

Examples. Find dy/dx by implicit differentiation.

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25) Find y’ and y’’.

26) At the point of the curve

Find the slope of the tangent line.