After completing this section, students should be able to do the following.
- Calculate derivatives term by term using sum/difference rule.
- Factor constant multiples out of derivatives as part of the differentiation process.
- State the polynomial rule.
- Properly use the polynomial rule while taking a derivative.
- Apply the polynomial rule to terms with irrational and/or negative powers.
- State the product rule for derivatives.
- Apply the product rule to decompose the product of functions when taking derivatives.
- State the quotient rule for derivatives.
- Apply the quotient rule to compute derivatives of quotients of functions.
- State the chain rule.
- Apply the chain rule properly while taking a derivative.
- Explain the geometric interpretation of the Chain Rule as a process of magnifying rates of change.
- Apply chain rule to functions with multiple layers of composition.
- Take derivatives of implicitly defined functions.
- Identify when an expression requires an implicit differentiation.
- Solve for the derivative (explicitly) in an implicitly defined function.