How to differentiate 2x^5-4x^3+x^2 with respect to x
Rule of differentiating is to times down by the power and then reduce it by one.
Firstly we will handle the 2x5:
(2*5)x5-1=10x4
If we do this with the rest of the terms we get:
10x4-12x2+2x
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