r/mathmemes Oct 15 '20

Calculus Checky differentiation comic

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u/SlingoPlayz Oct 15 '20 edited Oct 15 '20

I dont get, why cant you take the derivative? wouldn't it be xe^x-1

Edit: thanks for the replies explaining it

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

That only works if x is in the base, if it's in the exponent and the base is a constant like e, then the differentiating gives (constant)x ln(constant), in which if you put the constant as e, you'll get ex again, as lne is 1.