Minimum value of n for non-zero 4th derivative in Euler-Bernoulli beam equation

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Prove that this equation satifies the Euler-bernoulli beam equation which is given by

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Cany anyone help me with this. Can wolfram alpha do it? It has so many values and I'm not comfartble with doing 4th derivitives
 
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You don't have to do all the derivatives. If you have some term like ax^n, where a is a constant, what is the min value of n so that the 4-th derivative is not zero? What is its value in the min case?
 
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