How do you differentiate $x+4/x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-08T10:43:06

$1-4/x^2$

Begin by expressing $x+4/x=x+4x^-1$

now differentiate using the $color(blue)"power rule"$

$rArrd/dx(x+4x^-1)=1-4x^-2=1-4/x^2$

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