power rule

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One minute ago...

Same.

kogasa@programming.dev · 4 pts · 109d (2 replies)

d/dx x^n = n x^(n-1)

proof:

d/dx x^n = d/dx exp(ln(x^n)) = d/dx exp(n*ln(x)) = exp(n*ln(x)) * n / x = n * x^(n - 1)

this assumes x > 0

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