Multiplication by -1

Remember that putting a negative sign in front of a function means the same thing as multiplying that function by -1.

Let g(x) = -x². Then we could think of this function as

g(x) = (-1)(x²),

therefore

g'(x) = (-1)(x²)' = (-1)(2x) =...

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