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No calculus (Posted on 2002-07-31) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Define:
d/dx(f(x)) = f'(x)

where f'(x) = gradient (or slope) of f(x) at x = x.

Prove that:
d/dx(x^2) = 2x

without using calculus.

See The Solution Submitted by Cheradenine    
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re: Dumb question | Comment 11 of 26 |
(In reply to Dumb question by levik)

perhaps youve heard the other word for this, slope?

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52871.html
  Posted by Cheradenine on 2002-08-01 04:38:04

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