Derivative of \( \displaystyle - 4 x^{3} + 6 x^{2} - 3 x \)
Problem 2.1585 · medium
Differentiate \( \displaystyle f(x) = - 4 x^{3} + 6 x^{2} - 3 x \).
- \[ \frac{d}{d x} \left(- 4 x^{3} + 6 x^{2} - 3 x\right) \]Start with the derivative of the function.✓ Proved
- \[ = - \frac{d}{d x} 3 x + \frac{d}{d x} 6 x^{2} + \frac{d}{d x} \left(- 4 x^{3}\right) \]sumApply the sum rule to differentiate each term separately.✓ Proved
- \[ = - 3 \frac{d}{d x} x + 6 \frac{d}{d x} x^{2} - 4 \frac{d}{d x} x^{3} \]constant-multiplePull out the constant coefficients.✓ Proved
- \[ = - 12 x^{2} + 12 x - 3 \]power simplifyApply the power rule to each term. Simplify the resulting expression.✓ Proved
Answer \( - 12 x^{2} + 12 x - 3 \)
✓ 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 |
| 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 2026-10-05gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-05qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-05 — The solution correctly applies the sum, constant-multiple, and power rules in separate steps, adhering to the one-change-per-step constraint.gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-05
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 2026-10-05 with SymPy 1.14.0.