Problem of the Week

Updated at Apr 21, 2014 10:28 AM

This week we have another calculus problem:

How would you differentiate \(x+{x}^{8}\)?

Let's start!



\[\frac{d}{dx} x+{x}^{8}\]

1
Use Power Rule: \(\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}\).
\[1+8{x}^{7}\]

Done