Problem of the Week

Updated at Jun 2, 2014 9:08 AM

This week we have another calculus problem:

How can we solve for the derivative of \({x}^{2}+{x}^{5}\)?

Let's start!



\[\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{2}+{x}^{5}\]

1
Use Power Rule: \(\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}\).
\[2x+5{x}^{4}\]

Done