How do you differentiate (2x^2-4x+4)e^x(2x24x+4)ex?

1 Answer
May 10, 2015

for a product of functions you have the formula
if f(x)=g(x)*h(x)
if f'(x)=g'(x)*h(x)+g(x)*h'(x)

so lets start :)
your functions are g(x)=2x^2-4x+4 and h(x)=e^x

so f'(x)=(4x-4)*e^x+(2x^2-4x+4)*e^x=(4x-4+2x^2-4x+4)*e^x=2x^2e^x

remember that d/dxe^u=e^u*d/dxu in this case as u=x; du/dx=1