Differentiation Part3
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M)
Note that
can refer to ANY functions/combination of functions. Here we will look at slightly more complicated functions (compared to polynomials/rational functions earlier on)
Common Mistakes: It is very common that as we move to more complicated functions, students tend to skip a step or two as they get too distracted with differentiating the something. Always remember however complicated is that something, the main structure of the derivative never changes, and the derivative of that something is always the last thing we do, after we settle the main structure. I can't stress enough the importance of checking it once we are done. It takes maybe an 10% of the time you would have used to solve the question, but can get rid of most careless mistakes.
Examples
Differentiate the following w.r.t.
sin^n x, cos^n x, tan^n x
The most important thing here isn't memorizing any new formulas, but understanding some notation
- Note:
Simply said, those aren't even formulas, it simply is a shorthand, a shortcut so that we don't need to write the brackets. Understand this and basically you are set.
More examples
- Note:
So how would we differentiate
?
- T)
- U)
- V)
Note:
Examples
Find
for the following
More Products and Quotients
K) if
, where
are functions of
L) if
where
are functions of
Note :
can be any functions, including composite functions. We MUST apply the product/quotient formula before we start worrying about the composite functions. And checking is a MUST.
Examples
Differentiate the following w.r.t.
Exercise 5
1)Differentiate the following w.r.t.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
2)Find
for the following
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
3)Differentiate the following w.r.t.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Multistage Composite Functions
When dealing composite functions, it is VERY IMPORTANT we identify what type of function it is. One way to see that is we say that we differentiate form out to in.
Looking at the last question from Exercise 4
- We can see the
- Be very careful however if it is
.
When the composite function involve more that 2 stage, we can apply the same concept of out to in.
For example, to differentiate
, there is in total 3 stage.
- Followed by
- Followed by
However, until the time you get comfortable to do it in one shot (and able to check it confidently), it's better to do it in two main steps only, moving the second and third as a side working. In other words
- Identify the main function (something power n, e power something, ln something, sin something, etc)
- If the something is another composite function, we differentiate it as side working.
Examples
Differentiate the following w.r.t.
Exercise 6
Note : Make sure you have mastered all the examples here before attempting the exercises.
Differentiate the following w.r.t.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)
p)
![=n{\left[f\left(x\right)\right]}^{n-1}\cdot f'\left(x\right)](/images/math/f/0/6/f067bd6e966d56b269fac8bdfb4b74df.png)






































must be positive integer


CANNOT be written as
also wont be written in the form of
and you will see that it is actually 





























































































![\begin{align}
\frac{dy}{dx}&=e^{-2x}\cdot 3\left(x+1\right)^{2}+\left(x+1\right)^{3}\left( -2e^{-2x}\right)\\
&=e^{-2x}\left[3-2\left(x+1\right) \right]\\
&=e^{-2x}\left(x+1\right)^{2}\left(1-2x\right)
\end{align}](/images/math/1/b/0/1b0228bd0419770b4a5e761c1c866330.png)










![\begin{align}
\frac{dy}{dx}&=\frac{\sin\left(x^{2}\right)\left(\cfrac{2}{2x+1}\right)-\ln\left(2x+1\right)\left[2x\cos\left(x^{2}\right)\right]}{\sin^{2}
\left(x^{2}\right)}\\
&=\frac{2\sin\left(x^{2}\right)-2x\left(2x+1\right)\ln\left(2x+1\right)\cos\left(x^{2}\right)}{\left(2x+1\right)\sin^{2}\left(x^{2}\right)}
\end{align}](/images/math/a/d/7/ad788529d26cdef24496bfc087bad3d2.png)

, but something power n, as in
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, and we will see it is ![=\left[ \cos \left(e^{x}\right)\right]^{2}](/images/math/2/b/2/2b2a1e808496a822c2c14473e7fe9158.png)

![\frac{dy}{dx}=2{\color{Red}\left[\cos\left(e^{x}\right)\right]}](/images/math/8/0/8/80827d1f77e3a0753964e4426a403e1d.png)
![\begin{array}{ll} \cfrac{dy}{dx}=2\left[\cos\left(e^{x}\right)\right]{\color{Red}\left(\qquad\qquad\right)}\qquad\qquad\qquad & {\color{Red}\cfrac{d}{dx}\cos\left(e^{x}\right)}\end{array}](/images/math/1/5/3/1538bb8dbee0e0a446366e316ca5ba5a.png)
![\begin{array}{ll} \cfrac{dy}{dx}=2\left[\cos\left(e^{x}\right)\right]\left(\qquad\qquad\right)\qquad\qquad\qquad & \cfrac{d}{dx}\cos\left(e^{x}\right)={\color{Red}-\quad\sin\left(e^{x}\right)}\end{array}](/images/math/a/c/6/ac6376d52e41167c51fc33d67274927d.png)
![\begin{array}{ll} \cfrac{dy}{dx}=2\left[\cos\left(e^{x}\right)\right]\left(\qquad\qquad\right)\qquad\qquad\qquad & \cfrac{d}{dx}\cos\left(e^{x}\right)=-{\color{Red}e^{x}}\sin\left(e^{x}\right)\end{array}](/images/math/e/d/1/ed1282521341d48f3dfd5e23738f410a.png)
![\begin{array}{ll} \cfrac{dy}{dx}=2\left[\cos\left(e^{x}\right)\right]\left[{\color{Red}-e^{x}\sin\left(e^{x}\right)}\right]\qquad\qquad\qquad & \cfrac{d}{dx}\cos\left(e^{x}\right)=-e^{x}\sin\left(e^{x}\right)\end{array}](/images/math/3/7/1/371084a1f2ad7659be8e95c75c691831.png)
![y=\sin\left[\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)\right]](/images/math/2/8/9/289c4f79c223bfe83a9c4ab98db272a2.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{3x^{2}}{x^{3}+1}\cos\left[\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)\right]](/images/math/b/b/0/bb09793919a0f617fe4db3c6d10b5cc5.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}={\color{Red}\cos\left[\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)\right]}](/images/math/e/8/0/e8023a002d5da499a12e171530329140.png)
![\begin{array}{ll} \cfrac{dy}{dx}=\cos\left[\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)\right]{\color{Red}\left(\qquad\qquad\right)}\qquad\qquad\qquad & {\color{Red}\cfrac{d}{dx}\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)}\end{array}](/images/math/0/0/b/00b7e7170acadf1990ae901af265703f.png)
![\begin{array}{ll} \cfrac{dy}{dx}=\cos\left[\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)\right]\left(\qquad\qquad\right)\qquad\qquad\qquad & \cfrac{d}{dx}\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)={\color{Red}\cfrac{}{x^{3}+1}}\end{array}](/images/math/6/7/4/6745695d5726979f28d48639adeb855b.png)
![\begin{array}{ll} \cfrac{dy}{dx}=\cos\left[\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)\right]\left(\qquad\qquad\right)\qquad\qquad\qquad & \cfrac{d}{dx}\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)=\cfrac{{\color{Red}3x^{2}}}{x^{3}+1}\end{array}](/images/math/c/b/6/cb63e6f0482d3adeb0d5346a73441897.png)
![\begin{array}{ll} \cfrac{dy}{dx}=\cos\left[\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)\right]\left({\color{Red}\cfrac{3x^{2}}{x^{3}+1}}\right)\qquad\qquad\qquad & \cfrac{d}{dx}\ln\left(x^{3}+1\right)=\cfrac{3x^{2}}{x^{3}+1}\end{array}](/images/math/4/f/2/4f246f39412c6189993474c87c3e98eb.png)
![y=\ln\left[\sin\left(x^{3}+1 \right)\right]](/images/math/d/c/f/dcf66250017a433829d3433391c64a7b.png)






![=\left[\sin\left(\ln x \right)\right]^{3}](/images/math/e/f/f/eff8cc05f9ed3369e7d6bbe6494ce917.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3{\color{Red}\left[\sin\left(\ln x \right)\right]}](/images/math/3/2/e/32e92211d1fe82c883a9e32bcf54f2f8.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3\left[\sin\left(\ln x \right)\right]^{{\color{Red}2}}](/images/math/4/7/2/472f55fc3d840bc9c10bba2058e2371e.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3\left[\sin\left(\ln x \right)\right]^{2}{\color{Red}\cos\left(\ln x\right)}](/images/math/6/2/1/62155bdb8a42edb7f4274cfd487d5e88.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3\left[\sin\left(\ln x \right)\right]^{2}\cos\left(\ln x \right){\color{Red}\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)}](/images/math/6/3/3/633031d768aeffe677d4546084771544.png)
![y=\left[\ln\left(\sin x\right)\right]^{3}](/images/math/7/b/4/7b4fe7278b7661dd53066cba5bf4d250.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3\left[\ln\left(\sin x\right)\right]^{2}\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}](/images/math/0/6/4/0644107e37ca129972229447d5897885.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3{\color{Red}\left[\ln\left(\sin x\right)\right]}](/images/math/9/7/3/97386d9e896d8ef61c79389250a8a7e7.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3\left[\ln\left(\sin x\right)\right]^{{\color{Red}2}}](/images/math/e/4/3/e43ad9390394c8fab944f5a7073ea414.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3\left[\ln\left(\sin x\right)\right]^{2}{\color{Red}\frac{}{\sin x}}](/images/math/5/b/5/5b5eb642626f0cecf04ba98da51b79e6.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=3\left[\ln\left(\sin x\right)\right]^{2}\frac{{\color{Red}\cos x}}{\sin x}](/images/math/e/1/0/e102d779ba2a264960d345ba67124a1c.png)








![\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{2}{\color{Red}\left[ \sin\left(e^{-x}+3 \right)\right]}](/images/math/6/a/a/6aa19079e75646181ea6ae5ad878bbae.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \sin\left(e^{-x}+3 \right)\right]^{{\color{Red}-\frac{1}{2}}}](/images/math/3/7/4/3748cd066ae0ff3f4949ec8a464bb94b.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \sin\left(e^{-x}+3 \right)\right]^{-\frac{1}{2}}{\color{Red}\cos\left(e^{-x}+3 \right)}](/images/math/a/2/4/a241ecef70e8c58a6c6ee1a9213c838d.png)
![\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{1}{2}\left[ \sin\left(e^{-x}+3 \right)\right]^{-\frac{1}{2}}\cos\left(e^{-x}+3 \right){\color{Red}\left(-e^{-x}\right)}](/images/math/2/5/6/2561eac21f9b31d4a299c754d3348846.png)



![\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{4\sec^{2}x\left[\ln\left(\tan x\right)\right]^{3}}{\tan x}](/images/math/5/b/3/5b33301854261b3ad6f1e00dc289d445.png)








![\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{5\cos x\left[\ln\left(\sin x\right)\right]^{4}}{\sin x}](/images/math/0/4/9/049eaf9a098aadcfb6d42717dd6c4597.png)

![\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{2x\cos\left[\ln\left(1-x^{2}\right)\right]}{x^{2}-1}](/images/math/3/a/6/3a632f649551b032fa0561d068db8cf1.png)
