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Differentiate $f(x) = x^m(a x+b)^n$.
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", "advice": "\n \n \nThe product rule says that if $u$ and $v$ are functions of $x$ then
\\[\\simplify[std]{Diff(u * v,x,1) = u * Diff(v,x,1) + v * Diff(u,x,1)}\\]
For this example:
\n \n \n \n\\[\\simplify[std]{u = x ^ {m}}\\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(u,x,1) = {m}x ^ {m -1}}\\]
\n \n \n \n\\[\\simplify[std]{v = ({a} * x+{b})^{n}} \\Rightarrow \\simplify[std]{Diff(v,x,1) = {n*a} * ({a} * x+{b})^{n-1}}\\]
\n \n \n \nHence on substituting into the product rule above we get:
\n \n \n \n\\[\\simplify[std]{Diff(f,x,1) = {m}x ^ {m-1} * ({a} * x+{b})^{n}+{n*a}x^{m} * ({a} * x+{b})^{n-1}}\\]
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\n$\\displaystyle \\frac{df}{dx}=\\;$[[0]]
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\\[\\simplify[std]{Diff(u * v,x,1) = u * Diff(v,x,1) + v * Diff(u,x,1)}\\]