Showing posts with label Differentiation. Show all posts
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Monday, March 16, 2009

Problem on Differentiation

Topic : Differentiation

Problem : Solve y = 3x+1 by differentiation
Solution :

We know if y = x^n
dy/dx = n x^(n-1)
So, y =3x+1
dy/dx = 3d(x)/dx + d(1)/dx
Now d(constant)/dx =0
dy/dx = 3 . 1 x^(1-1) + 0
= 3 x^0 + 0
= 3 . 1 + 0
= 3
dy/dx = 3