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Take the exponent and multiply it by the coefficient (or 1 if there is no coefficient) then subract 1 from the exponent.

For example, the derivative of 2x^3 is 6x^2

If there is no exponent, for example, 2x the derivative is 2 because the exponent is actually 1 which produces the same coefficient and the exponent 0 meaning there is no x.

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