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Algebra Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Differentiate.
Step 1.1.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2
Evaluate .
Step 1.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 1.2.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.2.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.4
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.5
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.7
Add and .
Step 1.2.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.9
Combine and .
Step 1.2.10
Move to the left of .
Step 1.2.11
Combine and .
Step 1.2.12
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.13
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.3
Simplify.
Step 1.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3.2
Combine terms.
Step 1.3.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.3.2.4
Combine and .
Step 1.3.2.5
Subtract from .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 2.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.3
Differentiate.
Step 2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.2
Combine fractions.
Step 2.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.2.2
Combine and .
Step 2.3.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 2.3.3
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.5
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3.6
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.7
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.8
Combine fractions.
Step 2.3.8.1
Add and .
Step 2.3.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.8.3
Multiply.
Step 2.3.8.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.8.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3
To find the local maximum and minimum values of the function, set the derivative equal to and solve.
Step 4
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.1.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.1.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.1.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.1.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.1.3.1
Divide by .
Step 5.2
Take the inverse cosine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the cosine.
Step 5.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.3.1
The exact value of is .
Step 5.4
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 5.5
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 5.6
Simplify both sides of the equation.
Step 5.6.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.6.1.1
Simplify .
Step 5.6.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.6.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.6.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.6.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.6.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.6.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.6.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.6.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.6.2.1
Simplify .
Step 5.6.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.6.2.1.2
Multiply .
Step 5.6.2.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.6.2.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.6.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.6.2.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.6.2.1.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.6.2.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.6.2.1.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.6.2.1.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.7
The cosine function is positive in the first and fourth quadrants. To find the second solution, subtract the reference angle from to find the solution in the fourth quadrant.
Step 5.8
Solve for .
Step 5.8.1
Simplify .
Step 5.8.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.8.1.2
Combine fractions.
Step 5.8.1.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.8.1.2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.8.1.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.8.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.8.1.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.8.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 5.8.3
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 5.8.4
Simplify both sides of the equation.
Step 5.8.4.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.8.4.1.1
Simplify .
Step 5.8.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.4.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.4.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.8.4.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.4.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.8.4.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.4.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.8.4.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.8.4.2.1
Simplify .
Step 5.8.4.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.8.4.2.1.2
Multiply .
Step 5.8.4.2.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.8.4.2.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.8.4.2.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.8.4.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.4.2.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.4.2.1.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.8.4.2.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.4.2.1.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.4.2.1.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.9
The solution to the equation .
Step 6
Evaluate the second derivative at . If the second derivative is positive, then this is a local minimum. If it is negative, then this is a local maximum.
Step 7
Step 7.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 7.1.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 7.1.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.2
Simplify terms.
Step 7.2.1
Combine and .
Step 7.2.2
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 7.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.2.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.2.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 7.3.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.3.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.3.3
Combine and .
Step 7.3.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.3.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 7.3.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 7.3.5.3
Add and .
Step 7.3.6
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 7.3.7
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.3.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.3.7.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.3.7.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.3.8
The exact value of is .
Step 7.4
Multiply by .
Step 8
is a local minimum because the value of the second derivative is positive. This is referred to as the second derivative test.
is a local minimum
Step 9
Step 9.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 9.2
Simplify the result.
Step 9.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 9.2.1.1
Subtract from .
Step 9.2.1.2
Add and .
Step 9.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 9.2.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.2.1.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.2.1.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.2.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 9.2.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.2.1.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.2.1.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.2.1.5
The exact value of is .
Step 9.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 9.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 9.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 10
Evaluate the second derivative at . If the second derivative is positive, then this is a local minimum. If it is negative, then this is a local maximum.
Step 11
Step 11.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 11.1.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 11.1.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 11.2
Simplify terms.
Step 11.2.1
Combine and .
Step 11.2.2
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 11.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 11.2.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 11.2.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 11.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 11.3.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 11.3.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 11.3.3
Combine and .
Step 11.3.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 11.3.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 11.3.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 11.3.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 11.3.5.3
Add and .
Step 11.3.6
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 11.3.7
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 11.3.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 11.3.7.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 11.3.7.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 11.3.8
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because sine is negative in the fourth quadrant.
Step 11.3.9
The exact value of is .
Step 11.3.10
Multiply by .
Step 11.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 11.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 11.4.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 12
is a local maximum because the value of the second derivative is negative. This is referred to as the second derivative test.
is a local maximum
Step 13
Step 13.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 13.2
Simplify the result.
Step 13.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 13.2.1.1
Subtract from .
Step 13.2.1.2
Add and .
Step 13.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 13.2.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.2.1.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.2.1.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.2.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 13.2.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.2.1.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.2.1.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.2.1.5
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because sine is negative in the fourth quadrant.
Step 13.2.1.6
The exact value of is .
Step 13.2.1.7
Multiply .
Step 13.2.1.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.2
Add and .
Step 13.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 14
These are the local extrema for .
is a local minima
is a local maxima
Step 15