Calculus Examples

$y = - x^{2}$

Set $y$ as a function of $x$ .

$f (x) = - x^{2}$

Find the derivative.

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Since $- 1$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- x^{2}$ with respect to $x$ is $- \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}]$ .

$- \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}]$

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$- (2 x)$

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$- 2 x$

Divide each term by $- 2$ and simplify.

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Divide each term in $- 2 x = 0$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{- 2 x}{- 2} = \frac{0}{- 2}$

Cancel the common factor of $- 2$ .

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Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 2 x}{- 2} = \frac{0}{- 2}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{0}{- 2}$

Divide $0$ by $- 2$ .

$x = 0$

Solve the original function $f (x) = - x^{2}$ at $x = 0$ .

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Replace the variable $x$ with $0$ in the expression.

$f (0) = - {(0)}^{2}$

Simplify the result.

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Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$f (0) = - 0$

Multiply $- 1$ by $0$ .

$f (0) = 0$

The final answer is $0$ .

$0$

The horizontal tangent lines on function $f (x) = - x^{2}$ are $y = 0$ .

$y = 0$

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