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How do you differentiate $f (x) = \frac{1}{x - 2}$ $f(x)= 1/(x-2)$ ?

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Nov 15, 2016

$- \frac{1}{{(x - 2)}^{2}}$ $-1/(x-2)^2$

Explanation:

easier to rewrite as
${(x - 2)}^{- 1}$ $(x-2)^-1$
then apply the power rule to get :
$- 1 {(x - 2)}^{- 2}$ $-1 (x-2)^-2$

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