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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Derivative - Algebraic Functions, Powers

Category: Differential Calculus, Algebra

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Solution:

Consider the given equation above


There are two ways in getting the derivative of the given equation. First, you can get the product of two functions first by applying the distributive property of multiplication over addition and then apply the derivative by power formula. Let's get the derivative of the given equation as follows





You can also get the derivative of the given equation by product formula as follows







Note: The derivative of any constant is always equal to zero.