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 2x​5​:

(2*5)x5-1=10x​4

If we do this with the rest of the terms we get:

10x4-12x​2+2x

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