Inactive Tutor answered 02/26/18
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One can use the binomial theorem to expand the nth power of the sum in parentheses.
I assume that this is in connection with taking the limit of a Difference Quotient, with Δx as denominator.
The result will be, of course that if f(x) = xn then f'(x) = nxn-1.