Problem of the Week

Updated at Oct 31, 2016 4:50 PM

This week's problem comes from the calculus category.

How can we solve for the derivative of \({x}^{17}\)?

Let's begin!



\[\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{17}\]

1
Use Power Rule: \(\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}\).
\[17{x}^{16}\]

Done