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vampirchik [111]
3 years ago
8

How to differentiate y=x^n using the first principle. In this question, I cannot use the rule of differentiation. I have to do t

he old fashioned way. How do I do it?​
Mathematics
1 answer:
Zarrin [17]3 years ago
4 0

By first principles, the derivative is

\displaystyle\lim_{h\to0}\frac{(x+h)^n-x^n}h

Use the binomial theorem to expand the numerator:

(x+h)^n=\displaystyle\sum_{i=0}^n\binom nix^{n-i}h^i=\binom n0x^n+\binom n1x^{n-1}h+\cdots+\binom nnh^n

(x+h)^n=x^n+nx^{n-1}h+\dfrac{n(n-1)}2x^{n-2}h^2+\cdots+nxh^{n-1}+h^n

where

\dbinom nk=\dfrac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}

The first term is eliminated, and the limit is

\displaystyle\lim_{h\to0}\frac{nx^{n-1}h+\dfrac{n(n-1)}2x^{n-2}h^2+\cdots+nxh^{n-1}+h^n}h

A power of h in every term of the numerator cancels with h in the denominator:

\displaystyle\lim_{h\to0}\left(nx^{n-1}+\dfrac{n(n-1)}2x^{n-2}h+\cdots+nxh^{n-2}+h^{n-1}\right)

Finally, each term containing h approaches 0 as h\to0, and the derivative is

y=x^n\implies y'=nx^{n-1}

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