3.3: The Product Rule
Read Section 3.3 (pages 60 and 61). The naïve assumption is that the derivative of a product of two functions is the product of the derivatives of the two functions. This assumption is false. In this reading, you will see that the derivative of a product is slightly more complicated, but that it follows a definite rule, called the product rule.
Work through problems 1-5 for Exercises 3.3. When you are done, check your answers against Appendix A.
Click the link to Book I, and click on the "Index" button. Click on button 44 (Product Rule). Complete problems 1-10. If at any time the problem set becomes too easy for you, feel free to move on.