document.write( "Question 936599: Differentiate this function f(x)\r
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document.write( "(x-2) / x^(2)\r
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document.write( "I got: 1/x -2/x^(2)
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document.write( "Then: x^(-1) -2x^(-2)
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document.write( "Then differentiated: -1x^(-2) + 4x^(-3).
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document.write( "My answer: -1/x^(2) + 4/x^(3)
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document.write( "However this was wrong. The answer in the book was: (4-x) / x^(3)
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