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How do you find the f '(x) using the definition of derivative in: #f(x)=1/x#?

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Apr 20, 2015

Try this:
#lim_(h->0)(1/(x+h)-1/x)/h=lim_(h->0)1/h((x-x-h)/((x+h)x))=lim_(h->0)1/h((-h)/((x+h)x))=#
Simplifying #h# and taking the limit:
#-1/x^2#

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