Given that y = 4x^5 - 5/(x^2) , x=/=0 , find a)dy/dx b)indefinite integral of y

rewrite as y = 4x^5 - 5x^(-2)

dy/dx = 20x^4 + 10x^(-3)

integral of y = 4x^6 / 6 + 5x^(-1) / 1 + c

simplify: 2/3 x^6 + 5/x

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