MANTRA:

I FIND STRENGTH
IN THE LORD MY
GOD
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 Rules for Differentiation

Colorado National Monument

Photo by Vickie Kelly, 2003 Greg Kelly, Hanford High School, Richland, Washington
 example:

The derivative of a constant is zero.

 (Pascal’s Triangle)

We observe a pattern: …
We observe a pattern: …

examples:

power rule
constant multiple rule:
examples:
sum and difference rules:

(Each term is treated separately)

product rule:

Notice that this is not just the

product of two derivatives.

This is sometimes memorized as:

quotient rule:

or
Higher Order Derivatives:

is the first derivative of y with respect to x.

is the second derivative.

(y double prime)

is the third derivative. We will learn

later what these
higher order
derivatives are
is the fourth derivative. used for.