Problem of the Week

Updated at Oct 31, 2016 4:50 PM

This week's problem comes from the calculus category.

How can we solve for the derivative of x17{x}^{17}?

Let's begin!



ddxx17\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{17}

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Use Power Rule: ddxxn=nxn−1\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}.
17x1617{x}^{16}

Done
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