How do you find the derivative of 1.5x^2-x+3.7?
1 Answer
Oct 10, 2015
Explanation:
Using the power rule, which is
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!