What is the derivative of $1/x$ ?

Apr 15, 2016

$-1/x^2$

First step is to write $1/x " as " x^-1 " and apply the power rule "$

$rArr d/dx(x^-1) = -1 x^-2 = -1/x^2$

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What is the derivative of 1/x1/x?