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    Quote Originally Posted by Viking
    Well, let's say you wanted to differentiate f (x) =(2X+1)^5 without using any of the easy and straight forward rules.


    It should go like this

    ΔY = (2(ΔX+X)+1)^5 -(2X+1)^5

    f ' (x) =

    lim (ΔY/ΔX)
    ΔX --> 0



    have fun.



    hint: it'll take some time.
    Bah!, Definition of a derivative is easy to do, definition of an integral is hard

    limit Σ[i=1->n] f(ci)Δx
    (n->oo)

    where xi-1≤ci≤xi
    Last edited by TevashSzat; 03-05-2008 at 03:39.
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