How do you find the derivative of $\frac{32}{x}$ $32/x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-10T15:02:31

$- \frac{32}{x^{2}}$ $-32/x^2$

Before differentiating this function it requires to be written in the

form $a x^{n}$ $ax^n$

note that the derivative of a function must be in the correct form before you can differentiate it.

$f(x) = ax^n rArr f'(x) =nax^(n - 1 )$

$32/x = 32x^-1$

now differentiating gives $-1xx32x^-2$

rewriting with a positive index the gives $-32/x^2$

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