If where both and are differentiable and

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If y=u(x)v(x)y=\dfrac{u(x)}{v(x)} where both u(x)u(x) and v(x)v(x) are differentiable and v(x)≠0v(x)\neq0, which of the following represents dydx\dfrac{dy}{dx}? (a) u′(x) v(x)+u(x) v′(x)[v(x)]2\dfrac{u'(x)\,v(x)+u(x)\,v'(x)}{[v(x)]^{2}} (b) u′(x) v(x)−u(x) v′(x)[v(x)]2\dfrac{u'(x)\,v(x)-u(x)\,v'(x)}{[v(x)]^{2}} (c) u′(x) v(x)−u(x) v′(x)v(x)\dfrac{u'(x)\,v(x)-u(x)\,v'(x)}{v(x)} (d) u(x) v′(x)−u′(x) v(x)[v(x)]2\dfrac{u(x)\,v'(x)-u'(x)\,v(x)}{[v(x)]^{2}}

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