Use the product rule to differentiate various functions.
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\n\\[\\simplify[std]{Diff(u * v,x,1) = u * Diff(v,x,1) + v * Diff(u,x,1)}\\]
\nFor this example:
\n\\[\\simplify[std]{u = x ^ {m}}\\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(u,x,1) = {m}x ^ {m -1}}\\]
\n\\[\\simplify[std]{v = ({a} * x^2+{b})^{n}} \\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(v,x,1) = {2*n*a}*x * ({a} * x^2+{b})^{n-1}}\\]
\nFor this last differentiation we used the chain rule.
\nHence on substituting into the product rule above we get:
\n\\begin{align}
\\frac{\\mathrm{d}f}{\\mathrm{d}x} &= \\simplify[std]{{m}x ^ {m-1} * ({a} * x^2+{b})^{n}+x^{m} *{2*n*a}*x* ({a} * x^2+{b})^{n-1}}\\\\
&= \\simplify[std]{{m}x ^ {m-1} * ({a} * x^2+{b})^{n}+{2*n*a}*x^{m+1}* ({a} * x^2+{b})^{n-1}}\\\\
&= \\simplify[std]{x ^ {m-1} * ({a} * x^2+{b})^{n-1}*({m}*({a}*x^2+{b})+{2*n*a}x^{2})} \\\\
&= \\simplify[std]{x ^ {m-1} * ({a} * x^2+{b})^{n-1}*({m*a+2*a*n}*x^2+{m*b})}
\\end{align}
Hence $\\simplify[std]{g(x)={m*a+2*a*n}*x^2+{m*b}}$
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\n\\[\\frac{\\mathrm{d}f}{\\mathrm{d}x}=\\simplify[std]{x^{m-1}({a}x^2+{b})^{n-1}*g(x)}\\] for a polynomial $g(x)$.
\nYou have to find $g(x)$.
\n$g(x)=$ [[0]]
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\n\t\t\tYou are given that \\[\\simplify[dPoly]{Diff(f,x,1) = ({a} + {b} * x) ^ {m -1} * e ^ ({n} * x) * g(x)}\\]
\n\t\t\tfor a polynomial $g(x)$. You have to find $g(x)$.
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\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\\[\\simplify{v = e ^ ({n} * x)} \\Rightarrow \\simplify{Diff(v,x,1) = {n} * e ^ ({n} * x)}\\]
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\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\tThe last step was to take out the common term $\\simplify[dPoly]{({a} + {b} * x) ^ {m -1} * e ^ ({n} * x)}$.
\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\tHence \\[\\simplify[dPoly]{g(x) = {m * b + n * a} + {n * b} * x}\\].
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\n$\\displaystyle \\frac{df}{dx}= \\simplify[std]{x^{m-1}e^({n}x)g(x)}$ for a function $g(x)$. You have to find $g(x)$
\n$g(x)=\\;$[[0]]
\nif you input a function of the form $xf(x)$ where $f(x)$ is a function, then you must input it as $x*f(x)$ with * for multiplication e.g. input $x*\\sin(ax+b)$ and not $xsin(ax+b)$.
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\\[\\simplify[std]{u = x^{m}} \\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(u,x,1) = {m}x^{m-1}}\\]
\\[\\simplify[std]{v = sin({b} * x+{a})e^({n}x)}\\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(v,x,1) = {b} * cos({b} * x+{a})e^({n}x)+{n}sin({b}x+{a})e^({n}x)}\\]
\nHence on substituting into the product rule above we get:
\n\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}\\frac{df}{dx} &=& \\simplify[std]{{m}x^{m-1}sin({b} * x+{a})e^({n}x)+x^{m}({b} * cos({b} * x+{a}) * e ^ ({n} * x) + {n} * sin({b} * x+{a}) * e ^ ({n} * x))}\\\\ &=&\\simplify[std]{x^{m-1}e^({n}x)({b}x*cos({b}x+{a})+{n}x*sin({b}x+{a})+{m}sin({b}x+{a}))}\\\\ &=&\\simplify[std]{x^{m-1}e^({n}x)({b}x*cos({b}x+{a})+({n}x+{m})*sin({b}x+{a}))} \\end{eqnarray*}\\]
Hence $g(x)=\\simplify[std]{{b}x*cos({b}x+{a})+({n}x+{m})*sin({b}x+{a})}$
$\\simplify[std]{f(x) = ({a} + {b} * x) ^ {m} * sin({n} * x)}$
\n\t\t\t$\\displaystyle \\frac{df}{dx}=\\;$[[0]]
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\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\\[\\simplify[std]{v = sin({n} * x)} \\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(v,x,1) = {n} * cos({n} * x)}\\]
\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\tHence on substituting into the product rule above we get:
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