Differentials
Problem 3.544 · easy
Find the differential \( \displaystyle dy \) of \( \displaystyle y = 3 x^{2} - 3 x - 4 \), and evaluate it at \( \displaystyle x = -1 \), \( \displaystyle dx = - \frac{1}{10} \).
- \[ \frac{d}{d x} \left(3 x^{2} - 3 x - 4\right) = 6 x - 3 \]dy = f′(x) dx.✓ Proved
- \[ - \frac{\left. 6 x - 3 \right|_{\substack{ x=-1 }}}{10} = \frac{9}{10} \]Substitute x and dx.✓ Proved
- The exact change is 93/100 ≈ 0.93; the differential is the tangent-line estimate of it.
Answer \( dy = 6 x - 3\,dx = \frac{9}{10} \)
Lines: 2 proved, 1 not checked. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. The reviewers disagree about how one step is explained; every verdict is in the receipt.
The full receipt
| Line | Status | Checked by | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0 |
| 2 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0 |
| 3 | Not checked | — | a sentence; read, not computed |
| answer, a second way | ✓ Checked independently | sympy 1.14.0 + mpmath 1.3.0 | central difference quotient of f at x times dx |
Reviewers
gpt-oss:20b: fail (error) — The sentence claims the exact change is 93/100, but the true Δy for x=-1 with dx=-1/10 is -87/100. The differential is 0.9, not 0.93, so the statement is incorrect.qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass — The solution correctly computes the differential and evaluates it. The final sentence provides accurate context regarding the relationship between the differential and the exact change, without introducing errors.
Every verdict on record (4)
gpt-oss:20b: fail (error) 2026-10-09 — The sentence claims the exact change is 93/100, but the true Δy for x=-1 with dx=-1/10 is -87/100. The differential is 0.9, not 0.93, so the statement is incorrect.qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-09 — The solution correctly computes the differential and evaluates it. The final sentence provides accurate context regarding the relationship between the differential and the exact change, without introducing errors.gpt-oss:20b: fail (misleading) 2026-10-09 — The sentence claims the exact change is 93/100, but the true change Δy for x=-1 to x=-0.9 is -87/100. The differential 9/10 is a tangent‑line estimate, not the exact change, so the statement is misleading.qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-09 — The solution correctly computes the differential and evaluates it. The final sentence provides correct context regarding the relationship between the differential and the exact change, which is factually accurate.
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/differentials, checked 2026-10-09 with SymPy 1.14.0.