MA101: Single-Variable Calculus I

3.2: Linearity of the Derivative

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 3: Rules for Finding Derivatives, Section 3.2: Linearity of the Derivative" URL

  Read Section 3.2 (pages 58 and 59). In this reading, you will see how the derivative behaves with regard to addition and subtraction of functions and with scalar multiplication. That is, you will see that the derivative is a linear operation.

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 3: Rules for Finding Derivatives, Exercises 3.2, Problems 1 - 9, 11, 12" URL

  Work through problems 1-9, 11, and 12 for Exercise 3.2. When you are done, check your answers against Appendix A.