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Calculus- Early Transcendentals, 2021a

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4.2. The Derivative Function 123<br />

Solution. We compute<br />

f ′ (t) = lim<br />

h→0<br />

f (t + h) − f (t)<br />

h<br />

= lim<br />

h→0<br />

(t + h) 2 −t 2<br />

h<br />

= lim<br />

h→0<br />

t 2 + 2th+ h 2 −t 2<br />

h<br />

= lim<br />

h→0<br />

2th+ h 2<br />

h<br />

= lim<br />

h→0<br />

2t + h = 2t.<br />

♣<br />

Example 4.5: Derivative<br />

Find the derivative of y = f (x)=1/x.<br />

Solution. The computation:<br />

y ′ =<br />

Δy<br />

lim<br />

Δx→0 Δx<br />

=<br />

1<br />

x+Δx<br />

lim<br />

x<br />

Δx→0 Δx<br />

=<br />

x<br />

x(x+Δx)<br />

lim<br />

x(x+Δx)<br />

Δx→0 Δx<br />

= lim<br />

Δx→0<br />

= lim<br />

Δx→0<br />

= lim<br />

Δx→0<br />

= lim<br />

Δx→0<br />

x−(x+Δx)<br />

x(x+Δx)<br />

Δx<br />

x − x − Δx<br />

x(x + Δx)Δx<br />

−Δx<br />

x(x + Δx)Δx<br />

−1<br />

x(x + Δx) = −1<br />

x 2<br />

Note: If you happen to know some “derivative formulas” from an earlier course, for the time being<br />

you should pretend that you do not know them. In examples like the ones above and the exercises below,<br />

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