So far, we do not have a rule for taking the derivative of a quotient. Therefore, the only thing we can do is simplify the thing in the hope of getting rid of all fractions:

Note that this is still a fraction, so we write it in exponent form

Since we do have a rule -- the power rule -- for finding the derivative of x raised to a power, we can use the rule to give us the answer:


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