I can understand the complicated side of diferentiating, but when it goes back to the simple i'm stuffed.
How is the diferential of 3/2 a half?
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It is important to remember that the first derivative gives the gradient of the tangent.
now you have the line y=3/2
This line is parallel to the x axis so the gradient is 0
I.e. The first derivative is 0
Huh? Actually don't you take 1 from it?
I'm having to differentiate (5+x^2)^3/2 and i got 3x(5+x^2)^1/2. Is that not right?
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