Use the product rule to determine the derivative of exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions, expressing derivatives in simplest and factorised form.

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Product rule — two rates add, not u′v′

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Scrub x on y = uv; the tangent slope splits into u′v + uv′ — live cards against the wrong product of derivatives.

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