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\\[\\simplify[std]{f(x) = ({a} * x+{b})/({c}*x+{d})}\\]

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$\\displaystyle \\frac{df}{dx}=\\;$[[0]]

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The quotient rule says that if $u$ and $v$ are functions of $x$ then
\\[\\simplify[std]{Diff(u/v,x,1) = (v * Diff(u,x,1) - u * Diff(v,x,1))/v^2}\\]

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The quotient rule says that if $u$ and $v$ are functions of $x$ then
\\[\\simplify[std]{Diff(u/v,x,1) = (v * Diff(u,x,1) - u * Diff(v,x,1))/v^2}\\]

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For this example:

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\\[\\simplify[std]{u = ({a}x+{b})}\\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(u,x,1) = {a}}\\]

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\\[\\simplify[std]{v = ({c} * x+{d})} \\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(v,x,1) = {c}}\\]

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Hence on substituting into the quotient rule above we get:

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\\[\\begin{eqnarray*} \\frac{df}{dx}&=&\\simplify[std]{({a}({c}x+{d})-{c}({a}x+{b}))/({c}x+{d})^2}\\\\\n\t \n\t &=&\\simplify[std]{({a*c}x+{a*d}-{c*a}x-{c*b})/({c}x+{d})^2}\\\\\n\t \n\t &=&\\simplify[std]{{det}/({c}x+{d})^2}\n\t \n\t \\end{eqnarray*}\\]

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Differentiate the following function $f(x)$ using the quotient rule.

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Differentiate $\\displaystyle \\frac{ax+b}{cx+d}$.

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