Section 3.3 : Differentiation Formulas
10. Find the derivative of \(g\left( y \right) = \left( {y - 4} \right)\left( {2y + {y^2}} \right)\) .
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There isn’t much to do here other than take the derivative using the rules we discussed in this section.
Remember that in order to do this derivative we’ll first need to multiply the function out before we take the derivative. Here is the rewritten function.
\[g\left( y \right) = {y^3} - 2{y^2} - 8y\]The derivative is,
\[\require{bbox} \bbox[2pt,border:1px solid black]{{g'\left( y \right) = 3{y^2} - 4y - 8}}\]