Confused by Operator Algebra: Checking Intermediate Step

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I get confused by the operator algebra - this is the commutator for q & p from wikipedia
Am I correct on the intermediate step I plugged in there?

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because of the product rule you get as the intermediate step:

=d/dx x Ψ(x) + x d/dx Ψ(x) - x d/dx Ψ(x)

and d/dx x =1

so

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Looks good.
 
Great, thanks for looking at it
 
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