CoreDerivatives

Product Rule

Overview

When differentiating a product of two functions, you cannot just multiply the derivatives.

Key Concepts

1

(fg)′ = f′g + fg′

2

Mnemonic: “first times derivative of second, plus second times derivative of first”

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