DERIVATIVE OF RATIONAL

FUNCTIONS
REVIEW
• IN MATHEMATICS, A RATIONAL
FUNCTION IS ANY FUNCTION THAT
CAN BE DEFINED BY A RATIONAL
FRACTION, WHICH IS AN ALGEBRAIC
FRACTION SUCH THAT BOTH THE
NUMERATOR AND THE
DENOMINATOR ARE POLYNOMIALS.
REVIEW
• IN MATHEMATICS, A RATIONAL
FUNCTION IS ANY FUNCTION THAT
CAN BE DEFINED BY A RATIONAL
FRACTION, WHICH IS AN ALGEBRAIC
FRACTION SUCH THAT BOTH THE
NUMERATOR AND THE
DENOMINATOR ARE POLYNOMIALS.
STEPS
• 1. REWRITE THE FRACTION INTO ITS
EXPONENTIAL FORM
• 2. MULTIPLY THE EXPONENT TO THE
OUTLIER AND SUBTRACT 1 FROM IT.
• 3. GET THE DERIVATIVE OF THE FUNCTION
THAT IS INSIDE THE PARENTHESIS.
• 4. REWRITE YOUR ANSWER IN ITS
FRACTION FORM.
EXAMPLES

• 1. 1/X
• 2. 1/(X+5)
• 3. 9/(X^2-6)
SEATWORK

• 1. 2/X^3
• 2. 3/(X+3)
• 3. 10/(X^2-5)