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Example Question #244 : Computation Of The Derivative

Find the derivative of the function:

$f=\frac{\tan(x)+5}{x}$

Possible Answers:

$\frac{x\sec^2(x)-\tan(x)-5}{x}$

$\frac{x\sec(x)-\tan(x)-5}{x^2}$

$\frac{x\sec^2(x)-\tan(x)-5}{x^2}$

$\frac{x\sec^2(x)-\tan(x)+5}{x^2}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{x\sec^2(x)-\tan(x)-5}{x^2}$

Explanation:

The derivative of the function is equal to

$f'=\frac{x\sec^2(x)-\tan(x)-5}{x^2}$

and was found using the following rules:

$\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x} \frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\frac{g(x)f'(x)-f(x)g'(x)}{g(x)^2}$ , $\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x} \tan(x)=\sec^2(x)$ , $\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x} ax=a$

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Example Question #41 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative of the function

$f=\frac{e^x}{\cos{x}}$

Possible Answers:

$f'=\frac{e^x\cos{x}-e^x\sin{x}}{\cos^2{x}}$

$f'=\frac{e^x\cos{x}+e^x\sin{x}}{\cos{x}}$

$f'=\frac{e^x\cos{x}+e^x\cos{x}}{\cos^2{x}}$

$f'=\frac{e^x\cos{x}+e^x\sin{x}}{\cos^2{x}}$

Correct answer:

$f'=\frac{e^x\cos{x}+e^x\sin{x}}{\cos^2{x}}$

Explanation:

To find the derivative of a quotient, you apply the quotient rule:

$\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)})=\frac{{f'(x)g(x)-f(x)g'(x)}}{(g(x))^2}$

In our case, we have f(x)=e^x and $g(x)=\cos{x}$

Using the function from the problem statement and taking its derivative, we get

$f'=\frac{e^x\cos{x}+e^x\sin{x}}{\cos^2{x}}$

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Example Question #42 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative of the function

$f=\frac{\cos{x}}{2x^2}$

Possible Answers:

$f'=\frac{-2x^2\sin{x}-4x\cos{x}}{2x^4}$

$f'=\frac{-2x^2\sin{x}-4x\sin{x}}{4x^4}$

$f'=\frac{-x^2\sin{x}-4x\cos{x}}{2x^4}$

$f'=\frac{-2x^2\sin{x}-4x\cos{x}}{4x^4}$

Correct answer:

$f'=\frac{-2x^2\sin{x}-4x\cos{x}}{4x^4}$

Explanation:

To find the derivative of a quotient, you apply the quotient rule:

$\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)})=\frac{{f'(x)g(x)-f(x)g'(x)}}{(g(x))^2}$

In our case, we have $f(x)=\cos{x}$ and g(x)=2x^2

Using the function from the problem statement and taking its derivative, we get

$f'=\frac{-2x^2\sin{x}-4x\cos{x}}{4x^4}$

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Example Question #43 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative of the function

$f=2x\sin{x}+2\cos{x}$

Possible Answers:

$f'=2x\cos{x}$

$f'=2x\cos{x}+2\sin{x}$

$f'=-2x\cos{x}$

$f'=2\cos{x}$

Correct answer:

$f'=2x\cos{x}$

Explanation:

To find the derivative of the function, you must apply the product rule. The product rule is as follows

$\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(f(x)g(x))=f'(x)g(x)+f(x)g'(x)$

In the first part of the expression, we have f(x)=2x and $g(x)=\sin{x}$ , and in the second part of the expression we have f(x)=2 and $g(x)=\cos{x}$

Using the product rule from above, we have

$f'=2\sin{x}+2x\cos{x}-2\sin{x}=2x\cos{x}$

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Example Question #44 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative of the function

$f=5x^2\tan{x}$

Possible Answers:

$f'=10x\tan{x}+5x^2\sec^2{x}$

$f'=10\tan{x}+5x^2\sec^2{x}$

$f'=10x\tan{x}-5x^2\sec^2{x}$

$f'=10x\tan{x}+5x^2\sec{x}$

Correct answer:

$f'=10x\tan{x}+5x^2\sec^2{x}$

Explanation:

To find the derivative of the function, you must apply the product rule. The product rule is as follows

$\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(f(x)g(x))=f'(x)g(x)+f(x)g'(x)$

In this case, we have f(x)=5x^2 and $g(x)=\tan{x}$

Using the product rule from above, we have

$f'=10x\tan{x}+5x^2\sec^2{x}$

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Example Question #45 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative.

$\frac{2x+1}{x^2}$

Possible Answers:

$\frac{1}{x}$

x-1

2x+1

Correct answer:

x-1

Explanation:

Use the quotient rule to find the derivative.

$\frac{d}{dx}\frac{2x+1}{x^2}=\frac{x^2(2)-2x(2x+1)}{2x}$

$=\frac{2x^2-4x^2-2x}{2x}$

$=\frac{-2x^2-2x}{2x}$

$=\frac{-x^2-x}{x}=x-1$

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Example Question #41 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative.

$x^2\sin (x)$

Possible Answers:

$x\cos (x)+2x\cos (x)$

$x\cos (x)+2x\sin (x)$

$x^2\cos (x)+2x\sin (x)$

$x^2\cos (x)+2x\cos (x)$

Correct answer:

$x^2\cos (x)+2x\sin (x)$

Explanation:

Use the product rule to find the derivative.

$x^2\cos (x)+2x\sin (x)$

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Example Question #47 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative of the function

f(x)=4x^3+10x

Possible Answers:

f'(x)=12x^3+10

f'(x)=x^4+2x^2

f'(x)=12x^2+10

f'(x)=12x^2+10x

Correct answer:

f'(x)=12x^2+10

Explanation:

To find the derivative of a sum, we take the derivative of each part of the sum independently. Additionally, we apply the rules of differentiation that tell us

$\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}x^n=nx^{n-1}$

Differentiating the function from the problem statement, we get

$f'(x)=\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(4x^3)+\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(10x)$

f'(x)=12x^2+10

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Example Question #48 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative of the function using the product and quotient rules:

$f(x)=\frac{5x\tan(x)}{\cos(x)}$

Possible Answers:

$f'(x)=(\cos(x)\left (5\tan(x)+5x\sec^2(x))+5x\tan(x)\sin(x))/\cos^2(x)$

$f'(x)=(\cos(x)\left (5\tan(x)+5x\sec^2(x))+5x\tan(x)\sin(x))/\sin^2(x)$

$f'(x)=\cos(x)\left (5\tan(x)+5x\sec^2(x))+5x\tan(x)\sin(x)$

$f'(x)=(\cos(x)\left (10\tan(x)+5\sec^2(x))+5x\tan(x)\sin(x))/\cos^2(x)$

Correct answer:

$f'(x)=(\cos(x)\left (5\tan(x)+5x\sec^2(x))+5x\tan(x)\sin(x))/\cos^2(x)$

Explanation:

Using the product and quotient rules to solve the problem, we get

$f'(x)=\frac{\cos(x)*\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(5x\tan(x))-(5x\tan(x))*\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(\cos(x))}{\cos^2(x)}$

The product rule is used when taking $\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(5x\tan(x))=\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(5x)*\tan(x)+5x*\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}\tan(x)$

The final answer is

$f'(x)=(\cos(x)\left (5\tan(x)+5x\sec^2(x))+5x\tan(x)\sin(x))/\cos^2(x)$

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Example Question #49 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Find the derivative of the function using the product rule:

f(x)=(x^3+3)(2x-1)

Possible Answers:

f'(x)=8x+3x^2+5

f'(x)=11x^3+4

f'(x)=8x^3-3x^2+6

f'(x)=8x^2+3x^2+6

Correct answer:

f'(x)=8x^3-3x^2+6

Explanation:

Using the product rule, we ge f'(x)=8x^3-3x^2+6 t

$f'(x)=(2x-1)*\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(x^3+3)+(x^3+3)*\frac{\mathrm{d} }{\mathrm{d} x}(2x-1)$

Simplifying,

f'(x)=3x^2(2x-1)+2(x^3+3)

f'(x)=6x^3-3x^2+2x^3+6

f'(x)=8x^3-3x^2+6

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AP Calculus AB : Derivative rules for sums, products, and quotients of functions

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Example Questions

Example Question #244 : Computation Of The Derivative

Example Question #41 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Example Question #42 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Example Question #43 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Example Question #44 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Example Question #45 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Example Question #41 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

Example Question #47 : Derivative Rules For Sums, Products, And Quotients Of Functions

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