The Product Rule

Summary

a product is the result of multiplying two terms or expressions together.

to differentiate a product, brackets can be expanded and the function differentiated term by term.

however, this can be a long process and a quicker way to differentiate a product may be to use the product rule.

 

 

Key Skills

 

differentiate a product using the product rule.

Vocabulary

productexpressiontermdifferentiate, product rule