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I'm trying to study for my final on friday from past exams and their keys, and one question is the integral of 3x+3x

I get through it all fine, but then according to the key, the derivative of 33x is just (ln3)(3x)

so here's my question, I thought that by chain rule, it should end up being
(ln3)(33x)(ln3)(3x) shouldn't it?
 
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shft600 said:
I'm trying to study for my final on friday from past exams and their keys, and one question is the integral of 3x+3x

I get through it all fine, but then according to the key, the derivative of 33x is just (ln3)(3x)

so here's my question, I thought that by chain rule, it should end up being
(ln3)(33x)(ln3)(3x) shouldn't it?

What is the question -- 3x+3x or 33x? Assuming the latter, which would usually be parsed as 3(3x) the derivative would be what you have said.