Calculus Examples

Find dx/dy (x+y)^2(x-y)^2=x^4+y^4
Step 1
Differentiate both sides of the equation.
Step 2
Differentiate the left side of the equation.
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Step 2.1
Rewrite as .
Step 2.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 2.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 2.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.3.1.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Step 2.3.2.1
Reorder and .
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Add and .
Step 2.4
Rewrite as .
Step 2.5
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 2.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.5.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.5.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.6
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 2.6.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.6.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.6.1.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.6.1.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.6.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.6.1.4.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 2.6.2
Subtract from .
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Step 2.6.2.1
Move .
Step 2.6.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.7
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.8
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.9
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 2.9.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.9.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.9.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.10
Rewrite as .
Step 2.11
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.12
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.13
Differentiate using the Power Rule.
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Step 2.13.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.13.2
Multiply by .
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Rewrite as .
Step 2.15
Differentiate.
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Step 2.15.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.15.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.16
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 2.16.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.16.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.16.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.17
Rewrite as .
Step 2.18
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.19
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.20
Differentiate using the Power Rule.
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Step 2.20.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.20.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.21
Rewrite as .
Step 2.22
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.23
Simplify.
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Step 2.23.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.23.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.23.3
Factor out of .
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Step 2.23.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.23.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.23.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.23.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.23.5
Reorder terms.
Step 2.23.6
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.23.6.1
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 2.23.6.2
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.23.6.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.2.1.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 2.23.6.2.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.23.6.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 2.23.6.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.2.2.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
Step 2.23.6.2.3
Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.2.4.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 2.23.6.2.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.23.6.2.4.3
Add and .
Step 2.23.6.2.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.2.5.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.23.6.2.7
Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.2.8.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.2.10.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 2.23.6.2.10.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.23.6.2.10.3
Add and .
Step 2.23.6.2.11
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.2.11.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.23.6.2.13
Multiply by .
Step 2.23.6.2.14
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.2.14.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Move .
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Move .
Step 2.23.6.5
Add and .
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Step 2.23.6.5.1
Move .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Step 2.23.6.6.1
Move .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Subtract from .
Step 2.23.6.9
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 2.23.6.10
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.23.6.10.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 2.23.6.10.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.23.6.10.1.3
Add and .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.10.2.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.10.4.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 2.23.6.10.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.23.6.10.4.3
Add and .
Step 2.23.6.10.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.10.5.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.10.8.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.10.10.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 2.23.6.10.10.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
Step 2.23.6.10.11
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.10.11.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.23.6.10.14.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 2.23.6.10.14.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Move .
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Move .
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Add and .
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Step 2.23.6.13.1
Move .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Move .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
Step 2.23.7
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 2.23.7.1
Add and .
Step 2.23.7.2
Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
Step 3
Differentiate the right side of the equation.
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Step 3.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2
Evaluate .
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Step 3.2.1
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.2.1.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.2.1.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.2.1.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.2.2
Rewrite as .
Step 3.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule.
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Step 3.3.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.2
Reorder terms.
Step 4
Reform the equation by setting the left side equal to the right side.
Step 5
Solve for .
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Step 5.1
Move all terms containing to the left side of the equation.
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Step 5.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.1.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 5.1.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 5.1.2.2
Add and .
Step 5.2
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
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Step 5.2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.2.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 5.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.4
Add and .
Step 5.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 5.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.3.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.2.3
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.3.2
Divide by .
Step 5.3.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.3.3.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 5.3.3.1.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 5.3.3.1.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.3.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.3.2
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 5.3.3.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 5.3.3.2.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.3.2.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.3.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 5.3.3.3.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 5.3.3.3.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.3.3.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.3.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6
Replace with .