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Q.If ff and gg are two functions such that their derivatives are defined in a common domain, then write the value of ddx(f(x)⋅g(x))\dfrac{d}{dx}(f(x) \cdot g(x)).

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The product rule: differentiate each factor in turn, keeping the other one fixed, and add the results.

Let u(x)=f(x)g(x)u(x)=f(x)g(x). By definition of the derivative,

u′(x)=lim⁡h→0f(x+h)g(x+h)−f(x)g(x)hu'(x) = \lim_{h\to 0} \frac{f(x+h)g(x+h) - f(x)g(x)}{h}

Add and subtract f(x+h)g(x)f(x+h)g(x) in the numerator:

=lim⁡h→0f(x+h)g(x+h)−f(x+h)g(x)+f(x+h)g(x)−f(x)g(x)h= \lim_{h\to 0} \frac{f(x+h)g(x+h) - f(x+h)g(x) + f(x+h)g(x) - f(x)g(x)}{h}

=lim⁡h→0[f(x+h)⋅g(x+h)−g(x)h+g(x)⋅f(x+h)−f(x)h]= \lim_{h\to 0}\left[ f(x+h)\cdot\frac{g(x+h)-g(x)}{h} + g(x)\cdot\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}\right] …

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