MA101: Single-Variable Calculus I

3.1: The Power Rule

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 3: Rules for Finding Derivatives, Section 3.1: The Power Rule" URL

  Read Section 3.1 (pages 55-57). Here, you will learn a simple rule for finding the derivative of a power function without explicitly computing a limit.

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 3: Rules for Finding Derivatives, Exercises 3.1, Problems 1-6" URL

  Work through problems 1-6 in Exercise 3.1. When you are done, check your answers against Appendix A.