Derivative rules from a table of values
Problem 2.1537 · easy
Use the table to find \( \displaystyle h'(2) \) for \( \displaystyle h(x) = 4 f(x) + 2 g(x) \). \[ \begin{array}{c|cccc} x & f(x) & f'(x) & g(x) & g'(x) \\ \hline 2 & -2 & 1 & 3 & -4\end{array} \]
- Constant multiples and sums differentiate term by term.Reviewed
- \[ 2 \left(-4\right) + 4 \cdot 1 = -4 \]Read the values from the table and substitute.✓ Proved
Answer \( h'(2) = -4 \)
✓ Nihil obstat Lines: 1 proved, 1 reviewed. 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 | Reviewed | reviewers: gpt-oss:20b, qwen3.6:27b-mlx | a sentence; read, not computed |
| 2 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0 |
| answer, a second way | ✓ Checked independently | sympy 1.14.0 + mpmath 1.3.0 | differentiated concrete polynomials built to match the table |
Reviewers
gpt-oss:20b: passqwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass — The solution correctly applies the linearity of differentiation and substitutes the values from the table accurately.
Every verdict on record (4)
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-04 — The solution correctly applies the linearity of differentiation and substitutes the values from the table accurately.gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-04qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-04 — The solution correctly applies the linearity of differentiation and substitutes the values from the table accurately.gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-04
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
generator:structured/derivative_from_table, checked 2026-10-04 with SymPy 1.14.0.