Calculus Examples

Find the Local Maxima and Minima f(x)=10x+26 square root of 1296+(79-x)^2
Step 1
Find the first derivative of the function.
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Step 1.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2
Evaluate .
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Step 1.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3
Evaluate .
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Step 1.3.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 1.3.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.3
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 1.3.3.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.3.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.3.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.3.4
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.5
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.6
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 1.3.6.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.3.6.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.6.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.3.7
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.8
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.10
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.11
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.3.12
Combine and .
Step 1.3.13
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.3.14
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.3.14.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.14.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.15
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.3.16
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.17
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.18
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.19
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.20
Combine and .
Step 1.3.21
Combine and .
Step 1.3.22
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.3.23
Factor out of .
Step 1.3.24
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 1.3.24.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.3.24.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.3.24.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.3.25
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.3.26
Multiply by .
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Combine and .
Step 1.3.28
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.4
Reorder terms.
Step 2
Find the second derivative of the function.
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Step 2.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2
Evaluate .
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Step 2.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.2
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.2.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.4
Rewrite as .
Step 2.2.5
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 2.2.5.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.2.5.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.5.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.2.6
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 2.2.6.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.2.6.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.6.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.2.7
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.8
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.9
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 2.2.9.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.2.9.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.9.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.2.10
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.11
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.13
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.14
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.15
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.16
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.17
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.18
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.2.18.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.2.18.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 2.2.18.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.18.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.2.18.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.2.19
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.2.20
Combine and .
Step 2.2.21
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.22
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 2.2.22.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.22.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.23
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.2.24
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.25
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.26
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.27
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.28
Combine and .
Step 2.2.29
Combine and .
Step 2.2.30
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 2.2.31
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.32
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 2.2.32.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.32.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.2.32.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.2.33
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.2.34
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.35
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.36
Combine and .
Step 2.2.37
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 2.2.38
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.2.38.1
Multiply by .
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Step 2.2.38.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.2.38.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.2.38.2
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 2.2.38.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.38.4
Add and .
Step 2.2.39
Combine and .
Step 2.2.40
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.2.41
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.2.42
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.2.43
Add and .
Step 2.2.44
Combine and .
Step 2.2.45
Move to the left of .
Step 2.2.46
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.47
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.48
Combine and .
Step 2.2.49
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.50
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.2.51
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.2.52
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 2.2.52.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.52.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.2.52.2.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.2.52.2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.52.2.3
Add and .
Step 2.2.53
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.54
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 2.2.54.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.2.54.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.2.55
Simplify.
Step 2.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.4
Simplify.
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Step 2.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.4.2
Combine terms.
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Step 2.4.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.4.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.4.2.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.4.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.2.7
Add and .
Step 2.4.3
Reorder terms.
Step 2.4.4
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 2.4.4.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.4.4.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 2.4.4.1.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 2.4.4.1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.4.4.1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.4.4.1.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.4.4.1.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 2.4.4.1.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.5.1
Move .
Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.4.1.3.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.4.1.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.4.4.2
Add and .
Step 3
To find the local maximum and minimum values of the function, set the derivative equal to and solve.
Step 4
Since there is no value of that makes the first derivative equal to , there are no local extrema.
No Local Extrema
Step 5
No Local Extrema
Step 6