Derivative of uv
(Derivative of a variable to a variable)

The derivative of a variable to a variable may be found in several ways. I strongly urge my students not to memorize this formula, but rather to apply some logarithm concepts and take the derivative implicitly.



Ideas for this web page came from two issues of the Mathematics Teacher -- the December 2004/January 2005 issue and the August 2005 issue.


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