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This is simple question, but I don't know how to do it.

$\left<x\right|\hat x\hat p-\hat p\hat x\left|x\right>=?$,

I can solve it in two ways.

One of them is $$\left<x\right|\hat x\hat p-\hat p\hat x\left|x\right>=\left<x\right|i \hslash\left|x\right>=i\hslash\delta(x,x)$$

The other is $$\left<x\right|\hat x\hat p-\hat p\hat x\left|x\right>=\left<x\right|(x-x)\hat p\left|x\right>=0$$

In my opinion, this problem comes from Dirac delta function.

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