Problem of the Week

Updated at Apr 21, 2014 10:28 AM

This week we have another calculus problem:

How would you differentiate x+x8x+{x}^{8}?

Let's start!



ddxx+x8\frac{d}{dx} x+{x}^{8}

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Use Power Rule: ddxxn=nxn1\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}.
1+8x71+8{x}^{7}

Done