Calculus Examples

$\frac{- 3 x}{y}$

Step 1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\frac{d}{d x} [- \frac{3 x}{y}]$

Step 2

Since $- \frac{3}{y}$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- \frac{3 x}{y}$ with respect to $x$ is $- \frac{3}{y} \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$- \frac{3}{y} \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Step 3

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$- \frac{3}{y} \cdot 1$

Step 4

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- \frac{3}{y}$