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7.1 The product rule for derivatives


\begin{displaymath}\frac{d}{dx} \left(f(x) \times g(x)\right) =
\frac{df}{dx}g(x) + f(x)\frac{dg}{dx}.\end{displaymath}

Example:

\begin{displaymath}\frac{d}{dx}\left(x^2 \times x^3\right) = 2\,x \, x^3 + x^2\,3\,x^2 = 5\,x^4.\end{displaymath}


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Richard Waterman
1999-05-24