— How is the derivative of x^2 (at any value for x) 2x? (Please read below)

Question

At x=2, y is x^2 , which is 4. at x=3, y is 9. If y is changing at a rate of 2x for every change in x, wouldn’t that make y at x=3 6, because you moved 1 along the x so you move 2 along y? Or how does this work? I’m having trouble understanding differentiation 🙁

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Answer 1

X^2 is X multiplied by itself? If X=4 you multiple 4×4 if X=69 you do 69×69 or if X=1 you do 1×1 similarly if you do X^3 you do X times X times X
4x4x4

Y’all downvoted need but I just tried to answer the question I thought was being asked