2.

4 The Chain Rule

"I recoil with dismay and horror at this

lamentable plague of functions which do not
have derivatives. -- Charles Hermite

Objectives:

To find derivatives using the chain rule

Two ways

Find the derivative of

Power

y (6 x 5) 2
Product

A third way
y f ( g ( x))
y ' f ' ( g ( x)) g ' ( x)

Chain rule

y = deriv of outside (keep inside same) times deriv

of inside

Example:

y (6 x 5)

A fourth way

Another form of the chain rule:

y f ( g ( x))
y f (u )

u g ( x)

dy
f ' (u ) u '
dx

Example

y (6 x 5)

Example

y (2 x 1)

Another example

y ( x 1)
2

What about trig functions?

f ( x) sin 2 x

Think of u substitution

You try:
y (3 x 2 x )

y (sin x)

y sin( x )

d
4
(Bob)
dx

2 3

More challenging examples

y ( x 1)
3

Another one
7
g ( x)
2
(2 x 3)

What rules will we use?

Yet one more

yx

1 x

Review:

Chain Rule:

y k (quantity ) n
y ' n k (quantity ) n 1 (deriv of quantity )

2 more examples

x
3

x 4
2

Last one
3x 1
y 2

x 3

Trig Chain Rule

Deriv of trig (keep angle same) deriv of angle

Be careful of double chain rule

Example

1 2
y sin 2 x
4

Another example

y sin 4t
3

Three types
y cos(3 x) 2

y cos(3 x )
2

y (cos(3 x))