It’ll be faster for us to use the derivative rules we’re about to learn. In this lesson, we’ll look at the first of those derivative rules, which is the power rule. Power rule tells us that, to take the derivative of a function like these ones, we just multiply the exponent by the coefficient, and then subtract 1 from the exponent.
Read MoreThink about this rule as the “power to a power” rule. In other words, what happens when we raise an exponential expression (a base raised to some power) to another power (when one exponential expression becomes the base of another exponential expression)?
Read MoreLaws of logarithms (or laws of logs) include product, quotient, and power rules for logarithms, as well as the general rule for logs (and the change of base formula we’ll cover in the next lesson), can all be used together, in any combination, in order to solve log problems.
Read MoreThe chain rule is often one of the hardest concepts for calculus students to understand. It’s also one of the most important, and it’s used all the time, so make sure you don’t leave this section without a solid understanding.
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