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Find the first partial derivative:

f(x, y) = y^5 -3xy

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partial derivative is derivative over only 1 variable.
here we have 2 variables so it depends on which variable you want to make partial derivative.

case 1.
df/dx = -3y

case 2
df/dy = 5y^4 - 3x
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