Chapter 3 Section 2 Notes d d x [ c ] = 0 {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}[c]=0} d d x [ c ⋅ f ( x ) ] = c ⋅ d d x [ f ( x ) ] {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}[c\cdot f(x)]=c\cdot {\frac {d}{dx}}[f(x)]} d d x [ f ( x ) ± g ( x ) ] = d d x [ f ( x ) ] ± d d x [ g ( x ) ] {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}[f(x)\pm g(x)]={\frac {d}{dx}}[f(x)]\pm {\frac {d}{dx}}[g(x)]} P o w e r R u l e {\displaystyle \color {Blue}PowerRule} d d x [ x n ] = n ⋅ x n − 1 {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}[x^{n}]=n\cdot x^{n}-1} d d x [ a x ] = ln ( a ) a x {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}[a^{x}]=\ln(a)a^{x}} d d x [ e x ] = e x {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}[e^{x}]=e^{x}} P r o d u c t R u l e {\displaystyle \color {Blue}ProductRule} d d x [ f ⋅ g ] = d d x [ f ] ⋅ g + d d x [ g ] ⋅ f {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}[f\cdot {g}]={\frac {d}{dx}}[f]\cdot {g}+{\frac {d}{dx}}[g]\cdot {f}} Q u o t i e n t R u l e {\displaystyle \color {Blue}QuotientRule} d d x [ / f r a c f g ] = / f r a c d d x [ f ] ⋅ g − d d x [ g ] ⋅ f {\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}[/frac{f}{g}]=/frac{{\frac {d}{dx}}[f]\cdot {g}-{\frac {d}{dx}}[g]\cdot {f}}}