Identifier: Derivative of Constants

• You have a number alone with no variable in its term.

$y=5$, $y=5x–13$, $y=x^2+\frac{15}{13}$, $y=5,000,000,000$

• You are told a parameter of your equation is a constant.

Sometimes you will see them state in the description of a problem that certain parameters are constants (i.e., “treat k, b, and w as constants). They are doing that because they want to leave out a real number for the parameter, but still want you to find the derivative of the equation.

$y=b$, $y=5x–k$, $y=x^2+w$, $y=C$