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Then if x isn't a variable you can't do dy/dx as it's not a function since there's no "y".



If x=1, means that y=1 at that point.

But you can't replace the function for its value at that point before derivating.
You must derivate before replacing a value. That's the initial mistake.

Because if not you will be derivating f(x)=1 instead of f(x)=x, which are two different functions with 2 different derivates.



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