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Could someone explain this equation?

$$ \frac{d \operatorname{tr}(AXB)}{d X} = BA $$

I understand that

$$ d\operatorname{tr}(AXB) = \operatorname{tr}(BA \; dX) $$

but I don't quite understand how to move $dX$ out of the trace.

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