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Flashcard 1: Given f(x)=x2+3x, find f′(x).
Answer: 2x + 3. Apply power rule to each term separately.
Flashcard 2: What is the derivative of a constant c with respect to x?
Answer:
- Constants have zero rate of change.
Flashcard 3: Calculate the derivative of 7x3−4x.
Answer: 21x^2 - 4. Use power rule: 7⋅3x2−4=21x2−4.
Flashcard 4: State the derivative of the function −5.
Answer:
- Any constant has derivative zero.
Flashcard 5: Calculate the derivative of 12x.
Answer:
- Derivative of linear term 12x is the coefficient.
Flashcard 6: What is the derivative of a constant multiplied by x, 7x?
Answer:
- Constant multiple rule: derivative of cx is c.
Flashcard 7: Find the derivative of 8x−2.
Answer:
- Derivative of linear term is its coefficient.
Flashcard 8: State the derivative of xn where n is a constant.
Answer: nxn−1. Power rule: bring down exponent, reduce by 1.
Flashcard 9: Given f(x)=x2+3x, find f′(x).
Answer: 2x + 3. Apply power rule to each term separately.
Flashcard 10: What is the derivative of cf(x), where c is a constant?
Answer: (cf)′=cf′. Constant multiple rule: factor out the constant.
Flashcard 11: State the derivative rule for the difference of two functions f(x) and g(x).
Answer: (f−g)′=f′−g′. Derivative of difference equals difference of derivatives.
Flashcard 12: What is the derivative of a constant c with respect to x?
Answer:
- Constants have zero rate of change.
Flashcard 13: Calculate the derivative of 5x−3.
Answer:
- Derivative of linear function is the coefficient of x.
Flashcard 14: State the derivative rule for the sum of two functions f(x) and g(x).
Answer: (f+g)′=f′+g′. Derivative of sum equals sum of derivatives.
Flashcard 15: Calculate the derivative of 7x3−4x.
Answer: 21x^2 - 4. Use power rule: 7⋅3x2−4=21x2−4.
Flashcard 16: Find the derivative of 8x−2.
Answer:
- Derivative of linear term is its coefficient.
Flashcard 17: What is rac{d}{dx}[2f(x)+3g(x)-5]?
Answer: 2f′(x)+3g′(x). Constant -5 has derivative 0; apply rules to rest.
Flashcard 18: What is rac{d}{dx}[f(x)-g(x)+h(x)]?
Answer: f′(x)−g′(x)+h′(x). Apply sum/difference rules term by term.
Flashcard 19: What is rac{d}{dx}[f(x)+g(x)+h(x)]?
Answer: f′(x)+g′(x)+h′(x). Sum rule extends to any number of functions.
Flashcard 20: What is rac{d}{dx}[12-g(x)]?
Answer: −g′(x). Derivative of 12 is 0; −g(x) gives −g′(x).
Flashcard 21: What is rac{d}{dx}[f(x)+9]?
Answer: f′(x). Derivative of constant 9 is 0, leaving f′(x).
Flashcard 22: What is rac{d}{dx}[-2g(x)]?
Answer: −2g′(x). Apply constant multiple rule: pull out -2.
Flashcard 23: What is rac{d}{dx}[5f(x)]?
Answer: 5f′(x). Apply constant multiple rule: pull out 5.
Flashcard 24: What is rac{d}{dx}[-3]?
Answer: 0. -3 is a constant, so its derivative is 0.
Flashcard 25: What is rac{d}{dx}[7]?
Answer: 0. 7 is a constant, so its derivative is 0.
Flashcard 26: State the difference rule: What is rac{d}{dx}[f(x)-g(x)]?
Answer: f′(x)−g′(x). Differentiate each term separately and subtract.
Flashcard 27: State the sum rule: What is rac{d}{dx}[f(x)+g(x)]?
Answer: f′(x)+g′(x). Differentiate each term separately and add.
Flashcard 28: What is rac{d}{dx}[3f(x)-2g(x)]?
Answer: 3f′(x)−2g′(x). Apply constant multiple rule to each term.
Flashcard 29: State the constant multiple rule: What is rac{d}{dx}[c ext{ }f(x)] for constant c?
Answer: cextf′(x). Pull out the constant and multiply by the derivative.
Flashcard 30: State the constant rule: What is rac{d}{dx}[c] for a constant c?
Answer: 0. The derivative of any constant is zero.