Defintion of Derivative Part 1

[HOTSHOT226]

im not sure what everyone is talking about, the derivative is indeed 2x.. Just use the power rule. 2 comes down in front of x and then minus the 2 by one. which equals 2x....

[MightyGoldenBoy]

Thank you, i couldn't get anything straight. When i watched your movie i realised that i had written the newton qoutient as (f(x+h) - f(h)) / h

hehe, now it all became much easyer :)

[kiroo54]

im left handed to!!! this is awsome

[tachrisman]

Dr. Carter, at minute 3:28 does the -x0 squared? I am not trying to be condasending but I am confused on how the x0 squared would cancel if it wasnt. Thanks graphs help me greatly -former student

[thelastwords]

Yeah I don't think it should cancel... lol

[ProfessorElvisZap]

Yes I should have written x_0 squared.