How do I find the Derivative of a Function where the x is a number? If I was to find d/dx g(1) for example, would I first find the value of the function g(x) at x=1 and then find the derivative of that which becomes 0 because the result would probably be a constant. Or do I first find the derivative of g(x) and then plug in x=1 to calculate it?

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Given a function g(x), its derivative, if it exists, is equal to the limit

The limit is some expression that is itself a function of x. Then the derivative of g(x) at x = 1 is obtained by just plugging x = 1. In other words, find g'(x) - and this can be done with or without taking a limit - then evaluate g' (1).

Alternatively, you can directly find the derivative at a point by computing the limit

But this is essentially the same as the first method, we're just replacing x with 1.

Yet another way is to compute the limit

but this is really the same limit with h = x - 1.

You do not compute g (1) first, because as you say, that's just a constant, so its derivative is zero. But you're not concerned with the derivative of some number, you care about the derivative of a function that depends on a variable.

a4 - 3a2 - 1

step-by-step explanation:

step   1   :

equation at the end of step   1   :

  ((a4) -   3a2) -   1

step   2   :

trying to factor by splitting the middle term

2.1     factoring   a4-3a2-1  

the first term is,   a4   its coefficient is   1 .

the middle term is,   -3a2   its coefficient is   -3 .

the last term, "the constant", is   -1  

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