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

1 Answer
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!