Eric Nicholas K's answer to Kathy's Secondary 4 A Maths Singapore question.

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Eric Nicholas K
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Bring down the power, reduce power by 1.
Kathy
Kathy
4 years ago
Can you show me the 5 rule?
Any method also can
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
4 years ago
It’s difficult to quote the rule on its own though.

There are several rules for differentiations.

Basic one is y = ax^n where a and n are constants, then dy/dx = nax^(n - 1).

Then there is the chain rule.

If, instead of ax^n, the x is replaced by something like bx + c, we differentiate a(bx + c)^n the same way, but at the end we must multiply by the differential of bx + c, which is what the chain is all about.

Then there is the product rule and the quotient rule.