Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 3 - Section 3.2 - The Product and Quotient Rules - 3.2 Exercises - Page 190: 62

Answer

a) $f''g+2f'g'+fg''$ b) $F'''=f'''g+3f''g'+3f'g''+fg'''; F^{(4)}=f^{(4)}g+4f'''g'+6f''g''+4f'g'''+fg^{(4)}$ c)$F^{(n)}=\sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k}f^{(n-k)}g^{(k)}$

Work Step by Step

a) Applying the product rule, we see that $$F'=f'g+fg'$$ doing it a second time, we find $$F''=f''g+f'g'+fg''+f'g'$$ $$=f''g+2f'g'+fg''$$ b) Applying the product rule to the second derivative, we get $$F'''=f'''g+f''g'+2(f''g'+f'g'')+f'g''+fg'''$$ $$=f'''g+3f''g'+3f'g''+fg'''$$ Doing it a second time yields $$F^{(4)}=f^{(4)}g+f'''g'+3(f'''g'+f''g'')+3(fg''+f'g')+f'g'''+fg^{(4)}$$ $$f^{(4)}g+4f'''g'+6f''g''+4f'g'''+fg^{(4)}$$ c) Notice that each derivative follows the same pattern of 'degrees' and coefficients as powers of binomials. Because of this, we can simply use the binomial theorum as our formula for $F^{(n)}.$ The resulting formula is $$F^{(n)}=\sum_{k=0}^n {n \choose k}f^{(n-k)}g^{(k)}$$
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