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Trying to understand the magical number of e?
I’m getting a little confused with how this book explains e.
They say the derivative of 2^x when x=0 is 0.693, umm maybe I’m really dumb but when I try this with wolfram alpha I get 0
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=d%2Fdx+2%5E0+
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