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Differentiation - Power, Constant, and Sum Rules Date________________ Period____

Differentiate each function with respect to x.

1) y = 5 2) f ( x) = 5 x 18

3) y = 4 x 5 + x 4) f ( x) = 4 x 4 − 5 x − 3

5 2
4 5
5) y = 3 x 6) y = x 3
4

−5 3
7) y = −4 x 8) y =
x3

4
2
10) f ( x) = −2 x
3
9) y = x

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−3 1
11) y = x + 5x − x 12) y = − x 4 + 3 x 3 + 2 x
3 2

Differentiate each function with respect to the given variable.

13) y = −3r 5 − 5r 2 3 4
14) f (s) = − 2
− 4
s s

3 5
2 3
3 3
16) h(s) = 2⋅ s+ 2⋅ s
15) f ( x) = x 2 − x 5
3 4

Differentiate each function with respect to x. Problems may contain constants a, b, and c.

17) y = 5c 18) y = 4a x 3a − b x 3c

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Differentiation - Product Rule Date________________ Period____

Differentiate each function with respect to x.

1) y = − x 3 (3 x 4 − 2) 2) f ( x) = x 2 (−3 x 2 − 2)

3) y = (−2 x 4 − 3)(−2 x 2 + 1) 4) f ( x) = (2 x 4 − 3)( x 2 + 1)

5) f ( x) = (5 x 5 + 5)(−2 x 5 − 3) 6) f ( x) = (−3 + x −3 )(−4 x 3 + 3)

7) y = (−2 x 4 + 5 x 2 + 4)(−3 x 2 + 2)

8) y = ( x 4 + 3)(−4 x 5 + 5 x 4 + 5)

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 9) y = (5 x 4 − 3 x 2 − 1)(−5 x 2 + 3)

5
10) f ( x) = −10 x 2 − 7 ( 2
x + 9 (2 x 3 + 4) )

11) y = (5 + 3 x )(4 x 5 + 6 x 3 + 10)

−2

12) y = (−6 x 4 + 2 + 6 x −4 )(6 x 4 + 7)

13) f ( x) = (−7 x + 10 x + 8)( x + 10)

2
4 5 2

Critical thinking question:

14) A classmate claims that ( f ⋅ g)' = f ' ⋅ g' for any functions f and g. Show an example that proves your
classmate wrong.

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Differentiation - Quotient Rule Date________________ Period____

Differentiate each function with respect to x.

2 2
1) y = 2) f ( x) =
2x4 − 5 x5 − 5

5 4x3 − 3x2
3) f ( x) = 3
4) y =
4x + 4 4x5 − 4

3x4 + 2 4x5 + 2x2

5) y = 3 6) y =
3x − 2 3x4 + 5

4x5 + x2 + 4 3x4 + 5x3 − 5

7) y = 8) y =
5x2 − 2 2x4 − 4

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 x3 − x2 − 3
9) y =
x5 + 3

x4 + 6
10) y = −4
3 − 4x

4x4 − 4x2 + 5
11) y =
5
3
2x + 3

Critical thinking question:

12) A classmate claims that () f ' f'

g
=
g'
for any functions f and g. Show an example that proves your
classmate wrong.

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Differentiation - Chain Rule Date________________ Period____

Differentiate each function with respect to x.

5 3
1) y = ( x 3 + 3) 2) y = (−3 x 5 + 1)

3 4
3) y = (−5 x 3 − 3) 4) y = (5 x 2 + 3)

4
5) f ( x) = −3 x 4 − 2 6) f ( x) = −2 x 2 + 1

3
7) f ( x) = −2 x 4 + 5 8) y = (− x 4 − 3)
−2

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 9) y = (3 x 3 + 1)(−4 x 2 − 3) 4

( x 3 + 4) 5
10) y =
3x4 − 2

4
11) y = (( x + 5) − 1)
5

4
12) y = (5 x 3 − 3) 5 −4 x 5 − 3

Critical thinking question:

13) Give a function that requires three applications of the chain rule to differentiate. Then differentiate the
function.

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