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Calculus Name: Number: 16

3.4 The Chain Rule


Goals
 A justification of the Chain Rule by interpreting derivatives as rates of change.
 The use of the Chain Rule to compute derivatives.

Def: : If g is differentiable at x and f is differentiable at g(x ), then the composite function F=f ° gdefined by
F ( x )=f (g ( x )) is differentiable at x and F ' is given by the product
F ' (x)=f ( g ( x ) ) g ' (x )
'

In Leibniz notation, if y=f (u) and u=g (x) are both differentiable functions, then
dy dy du
=
dx du dx

Generalized Power Rule: If n is any real number andu=g (x) is differentiable, then
d n
( u ) =n un−1 du
dx dx
Alternatively,
d n n−1
[ g(x ) ] =n [ g (x) ] ∙ g ' ( x)
dx

Ex1: Differentiate the following:


4
f ( x )=( 3 x +7 x )
2
a)

( )
1 3
b) g ( x )=9 x 2 −2 x

5
c) y= 2
( x +4 x −10 )
2

1
Calculus Name: Number: 16

6
d) h ( x )= 5
√ ( 4 x +5 ) 3

Chain Rule for Exponential Functions: If f is a differentiable function of x , the derivative of h ( x )=e f (x) is
f ( x)
h '( x)=e ∙ ( f ' ( x) )
Chain Rule for General Exponential Functions: If f is a differentiable function of x , the derivative of
f (x)
h ( x )=b is
f (x)
h '( x)=b ∙ ( f '( x ) ) ∙ ( ln b )
Ex2: Differentiate the following:
2
a) h ( x )=e−6 x +1

m ( x ) =4 (2 x +7)
2
b)

Chain Rule for Trigonometric Functions: If f is a differentiable function of x , the derivative


of h( x)=“ trig ”[f (x )]is
h '( x)=(“trigderiv ”[f (x )])∙(f ' (x))

Ex3: Differentiate the following:


a) n ( x )=sin ( x 3 +e 3 )

b) f ( x )=tan ( πx−5 )
2
Calculus Name: Number: 16

dy
Ex4: If u=g (x)=¿cos x and y=f (u)=¿sinu, find the derivative .
dx

√
Ex5. Find the equation of the line tangent to f ( x )= 3 x 2+ 4 at x=2.

Ex6. Find h '(0) for the functions below, where f (x) and g(x ) are unspecified differentiable functions with the
following given information:
a) h ( x )=f ( g ( x ) )

b) h ( x )=f ( f ( x ) )

Ex7. Differentiate the following:


f ( x )=sin ( cos ( x ) )
2
a)

3
Calculus Name: Number: 16

x +2 3
g ( z )=( 2 )
5
b)

Homework
1. Write the composite function in the form f (g). [Identify the inner function u=g (x) and
dy
the outer function y=f (u).] Then find the derivative .
dx
a) y=sin ( cos x )

y= √ e x +1
3
b)

2. Find the derivative of the function.


5
f ( x )=( 2 x −5 x +4 )
3 2
a)

( )
4
1
b) F ( t )=
2t +1
4
Calculus Name: Number: 16

at
c) f ( t )=e sin bt

( )
4 5
y +1
d) U ( y )= 2
y +1

y=sin ( cos ( x ) )
3 2
e)

3. Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve y=sin ( sin x ) at the given point ( π , 0 ) .

4. If g ( x )=√ f (x ) , where the graph of f is shown, evaluate

g '(3).

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