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Algebra Examples
Step 1
Differentiate both sides of the equation.
Step 2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Simplify terms.
Step 3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.5
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.6
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.7
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.9
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.10
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.11
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.12
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.2
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 3.3
Differentiate.
Step 3.3.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.4
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 3.4.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.4.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.6
Rewrite as .
Step 3.7
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.8
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 3.8.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.8.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.8.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.9
Multiply by .
Step 3.10
Rewrite as .
Step 3.11
Differentiate.
Step 3.11.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.11.2
Add and .
Step 3.11.3
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.11.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.12
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 3.12.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.12.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.12.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.13
Multiply by .
Step 3.14
Rewrite as .
Step 3.15
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.16
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.16.1
Add and .
Step 3.16.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.17
Simplify.
Step 3.17.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.17.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.17.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.17.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.17.3.1.1
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 3.17.3.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.17.3.1.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.17.3.1.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.17.3.1.2
Simplify each term.
Step 3.17.3.1.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.17.3.1.2.1.1
Move .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.17.3.1.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.17.3.1.2.3.1
Move .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.17.3.1.2.3.3
Add and .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3.1.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.17.3.1.3.1
Move .
Step 3.17.3.1.3.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.17.3.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 3.17.3.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.17.3.1.5.1
Move .
Step 3.17.3.1.5.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.17.3.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 3.17.3.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.17.3.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.17.4
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.17.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.4
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.5
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.6
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.7
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.8
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.1.9
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.4.2
Reorder terms.
Step 3.17.5
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.6
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.7
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.8
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.9
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.10
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.11
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.12
Rewrite as .
Step 3.17.13
Factor out of .
Step 3.17.14
Rewrite as .
Step 3.17.15
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.17.16
Reorder factors in .
Step 4
Reform the equation by setting the left side equal to the right side.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 5.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.2.2.1
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 5.2.2.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 5.2.2.2.1
Divide by .
Step 5.2.2.2.2
Reorder factors in .
Step 5.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.2.3.1
Divide by .
Step 5.3
Multiply both sides by .
Step 5.4
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.4.1
Simplify .
Step 5.4.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.4.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.4.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.4.1.3
Simplify.
Step 5.4.1.3.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.4.1.3.1.1
Move .
Step 5.4.1.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.3.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.4.1.3.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.4.1.3.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.4.1.3.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.4.1.3.2.1
Move .
Step 5.4.1.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.3.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.4.1.3.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.4.1.3.2.3
Add and .
Step 5.4.1.3.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.4.1.3.3.1
Move .
Step 5.4.1.3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.3.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.4.1.3.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.4.1.3.3.3
Add and .
Step 5.4.1.3.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.4.1.3.4.1
Move .
Step 5.4.1.3.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.3.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.4
Simplify each term.
Step 5.4.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.4.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.5
Reorder.
Step 5.4.1.5.1
Move .
Step 5.4.1.5.2
Move .
Step 5.4.1.5.3
Move .
Step 5.4.1.5.4
Move .
Step 5.4.1.5.5
Move .
Step 5.5
Solve for .
Step 5.5.1
Simplify .
Step 5.5.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.5.1.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 5.5.1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5.1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5.1.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5.1.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 5.5.1.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.5.1.3.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.5.1.3.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.5.1.3.1.2.1
Move .
Step 5.5.1.3.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.1.3.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 5.5.1.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.3.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.3.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.3.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.5.1.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5.1.5
Simplify.
Step 5.5.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.4
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.5
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.6
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.7
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.8
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.9
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.5.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.5.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.5.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.5.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.5.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.5.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.2.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.5.3.2.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.5.3.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.2.3.2
Divide by .
Step 5.5.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.5.3.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.2
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.2.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.4
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.4.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.4.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.4.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.4.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.5
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.1.5.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.5.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.5.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.6
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.5.3.3.2
Simplify terms.
Step 5.5.3.3.2.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.5.3.3.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.2.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.5.3.3.4
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 5.5.3.3.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.3.3.4.2
Reorder the factors of .
Step 5.5.3.3.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.5.3.3.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.2.1
Move .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.2.3
Add and .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.6
Simplify each term.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.6.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.6.1.1
Move .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.6.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.6.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7
Rewrite in a factored form.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.2
Let . Substitute for all occurrences of .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3
Factor by grouping.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3.1
For a polynomial of the form , rewrite the middle term as a sum of two terms whose product is and whose sum is .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3.1.2
Rewrite as plus
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3.2
Factor out the greatest common factor from each group.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3.2.1
Group the first two terms and the last two terms.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3.2.2
Factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each group.
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.3.3
Factor the polynomial by factoring out the greatest common factor, .
Step 5.5.3.3.6.7.4
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 5.5.3.3.7
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.5.3.3.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.7.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.5.3.3.7.3
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3.3.7.4
Rewrite as .
Step 5.5.3.3.7.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.3.3.7.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.3.3.7.7
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.3.3.7.8
Add and .
Step 5.5.3.3.8
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6
Replace with .