Derivative of a integral function?

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How does one work the following?

[tex]\frac{d}{dx}\int^x_y f(x,u)du[/tex]

I know that (given certain assumptions about the function f)

[tex]\frac{d}{dx}\int^x_y f(w,u)du=f(w,x)[/tex]

and

[tex]\frac{d}{dx}\int^c_y f(x,u)du=\int^c_y \frac{df}{dx}(x,u)du[/tex]

but how do we put them together?
 
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[tex] \frac{d}{dx}\int^x_y f(x,u)du = \int^x_y \frac{d}{dx}f(x,u)du+f(x,x). [/tex]
 
In general, Lagrange's formula:
[tex]\frac{d}{dx}\int_{\alpha(x)}^{\beta(x)} f(x,t)dt= f(x,\beta(x))\frac{d\beta}{dx}- f(x, \alpha(x))\frac{d\alpha}{dx}+ \int_{\alpha(x)}^{\beta(x)} \frac{\partial f}{\partial x} dt[/tex]

In this particular problem y is independent of both x and u and can be treated as a constant: dy/dx= 0.