How do you find the derivative of #1.5x^2-x+3.7#?

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TwOfSpades
Oct 10, 2015

#f'(x) = 3x - 1#

Explanation:

Using the power rule, which is #f'(x) = nx^(n-1)# when #f(x) = x^n#,
we can determine the derivative:

#1.5x^2 - x + 3.7#
#2(1.5)x^1 - 1 x^0 + 0#
As a side note, constants become 0 whenever they are being derived. The above equation can be simplified to become:
#3x - 1#

This is our derivative.
Hope this helped!

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