Say true or false.
Derivative of $x^{n}$ is $n x^{n - 1} .$

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A True
The derivative for $x^{n}$ , where $n$ is a real number is given by $n x^{n - 1}$ .
That is, the power of the given function becomes its coefficient in the derivative and the power of the derivative is less than 1 from its coefficient.

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