Problem of the Week

Updated at Feb 9, 2015 8:00 AM

This week's problem comes from the calculus category.

How can we find the derivative of x6+x{x}^{6}+x?

Let's begin!



ddxx6+x\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{6}+x

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Use Power Rule: ddxxn=nxn1\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}.
6x5+16{x}^{5}+1

Done