Problem of the Week

Updated at Jun 22, 2015 8:36 AM

For this week we've brought you this calculus problem.

How can we find the derivative of x+x8x+{x}^{8}?

Here are the steps:



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

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

Done
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