Solve simple derivative questions

Built my first script and its function is to solve simple derivative questions. How can I improve this code? This is my first time posting.

#This is Simple Derivative Solver
 def derivative():
     print("This program will give you the first derivative.")
     input("Press ENTER to continue...")
     cf=int(input("Enter the coefficient of the term..."))
     exp=int(input("Enter the exponent of the term..."))
     if exp==1 and cf==1:
        print("The answer is", 1)
     elif exp0:
        print("The answer is:", exp*cf, "x^", (exp-1))
     elif exp==0:
        print("The answer is:", 0)
     elif exp<0:
        print("The answer is:", abs(exp*cf), "x^", (exp-1))
     elif cf==0:
        print("The answer is:", 0)
     elif cf<0:
        print("THe answer is:", cf*exp, "x^", (exp-1))
derivative()

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Trust the math. If exp

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In any case, \$(ax^n)'\$ always equals to \$anx^{n-1}\$. Mathematically speaking there are no special cases. There are special cases when it comes to printing:

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\$n = 0\$: you (correctly) print 0

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\$n = 1\$: you print x^0, but it is better to omit it altogether

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\$n = 2\$: you print x^1, but it is better to print just x.

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\$n

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Separate concerns. The derivative shall only compute the derivative. Input shall be handled separately.

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The call to derivative should be conditionalized:

if __name__ == `__main__`:
    derivative()

This enables you to import` your code in another project.

StackExchange Code Review Q#162415, answer score: 8