Techniques of differentiation
Practice section 2 of 8
Questions 7–12 in this collection
Practice questions
Self-practice · 1 of 6
Practise power, chain and product rules together
Differentiate (a) and (b) with respect to .
CJC · Lecture · Self-Practice 1
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Worked example · 2 of 6
Choose useful trig identities before differentiating
Differentiate (a) , (b) , (c) , and (d) with respect to .
CJC · Lecture · Example 7
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Worked example · 3 of 6
Prove a cotangent derivative and distinguish a reciprocal from an inverse
Prove that .
CJC · Lecture · Example 8
Solution
Self-practice · 4 of 6
Prove a squared-cosine derivative identity
Given , show that .
CJC · Lecture · Self-Practice 2
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Worked example · 5 of 6
Differentiate exponentials and logarithms with their inner factors
Differentiate (a) , (b) , (c) , and (d) with respect to .
CJC · Lecture · Example 9
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Worked example · 6 of 6
Simplify a logarithm before differentiating
Differentiate with respect to .
CJC · Lecture · Example 10