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I'm not entirely sure if this belongs in homework or elsewhere -- I'm self-teaching working through a basic calculus text, so it's not homework per se. In any case it's a simple differentiation problem wherein I am supposed to differentiate:
f(x) = x(3x-9)^3
f'(x) = 3x(3)(3x-9)^2 Applying chain rule
f'(x) = 9x(3x-9)^2
I know this isn't the correct answer.
I was half tempted to multiply out using the binomial theorem but I suspect there's a more efficient way to solve this. How am I to treat the x coefficient? Evidently not as a constant.
f(x) = x(3x-9)^3
f'(x) = 3x(3)(3x-9)^2 Applying chain rule
f'(x) = 9x(3x-9)^2
I know this isn't the correct answer.
I was half tempted to multiply out using the binomial theorem but I suspect there's a more efficient way to solve this. How am I to treat the x coefficient? Evidently not as a constant.