Does the negative sign carry over on a derivative?

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Does the negative sign carry over on a derivative?

100 - 5Q + Q^2

Is the derivative -5+2Q ???

2007-12-10 15:02:30 · 2 answers · asked by pab 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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yes

2007-12-10 15:05:45 · answer #1 · answered by albtogso 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You can think of a negative sign as a constant multiple of (-1). Like other constant multipliers, it can simply be extracted from the derivative and propagated as normal.

If the derivative is taken with respect to Q, your answer is correct.

2007-12-10 23:07:37 · answer #2 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋