How do you differentiate $x^pi-pix$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-18T22:26:03

$pi (x^(pi - 1) - 1)$

We have: $x^(pi) - pi x$

Let's differentiate the expression using the "power rule":

$=> (d) / (dx) (x^(pi) - pi x) = pi cdot (x)^(pi - 1) - pi$

$therefore (d) / (dx) (x^(pi) - pi x) = pi (x^(pi - 1) - 1)$

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