Differentiate x^3+ x^2+2=y

This equals to dy/dx= 1/3 x2+1/3 x1This is because we divide by the power and then minus one from the powerSo it becomes x3-1/3 which can be simplified to 1/3 x2The 2 is differentiated to 0 because it is just a constant

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