Derivative of \( \displaystyle x \left(2 - 3 x\right) \)
Problem 2.1416 · medium
Differentiate \( \displaystyle f(x) = x \left(2 - 3 x\right) \).
- \[ \frac{d}{d x} x \left(2 - 3 x\right) \]Start with the derivative of the function.✓ Proved
- \[ = \frac{d}{d x} \left(- 3 x^{2} + 2 x\right) \]algebraDistribute x into the parentheses.✓ Proved
- \[ = \frac{d}{d x} 2 x - \frac{d}{d x} 3 x^{2} \]sumApply the difference rule.✓ Proved
- \[ = 2 \frac{d}{d x} x - 3 \frac{d}{d x} x^{2} \]constantPull out the constant coefficient.✓ Proved
- \[ = 2 - 3 \frac{d}{d x} x^{2} \]derivativeDifferentiate the first term.✓ Proved
- \[ = 2 - 6 x \]power algebraApply the power rule to x**2. Multiply the constants.✓ Proved
Answer \( 2 - 6 x \)
✓ Nihil obstat Every line of this solution was proved by the computer algebra system SymPy. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. Reviewers found nothing wrong with the explanation.
The full receipt
| Line | Status | Checked by | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | line 1 is the problem as stated |
| 2 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 3 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 4 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 5 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 6 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| 7 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| answer | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | final line against the stated answer: simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 |
| answer, a second way | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | SymPy differentiated f directly and got the stated answer |
Reviewers
gpt-oss:20b: passqwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass
Every verdict on record (4)
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-03gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-03qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-03 — The solution correctly applies the rules in a step-by-step manner, adhering to the single-change constraint and using valid labels from the fixed vocabulary.gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-03
Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate
method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence,
not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by
gemma4:26b, checked 2026-10-03 with SymPy 1.14.0.