Derivative of a multiple of Heaviside step function

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First of all, thanks for your time, I have a question. Let's assume that we have: f(x)=(Heaviside's step function)*e^(3x) Now let's assume to calculate the derivate of this function, why we have this: enter image description here

The derivative of this function must be: dirac*e^(3x)+ 3*e^(3x), but my book and Wolfram Alpha says that this is incorrect. Why have weonly dirac+3*e^(3x)?

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$\delta(x) = \delta(x) e^{3x}$ for all $x$.

This is because $e^{3x}$ evaluated at $x=0$ is $1$.