Calculus Examples

Find the Local Maxima and Minima g(x)=1/(115 square root of 2p)*(e^(-1/2)((x-512)/115)^2)
Step 1
Find the first derivative of the function.
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Step 1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.2
Combine and simplify the denominator.
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Step 1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.2
Move .
Step 1.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.2.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.2.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.2.6
Add and .
Step 1.2.7
Rewrite as .
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Step 1.2.7.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 1.2.7.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.2.7.3
Combine and .
Step 1.2.7.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.2.7.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.7.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.2.7.5
Simplify.
Step 1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.5
Differentiate using the Constant Multiple Rule.
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Step 1.5.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 1.5.2
Combine fractions.
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Step 1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 1.5.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.6
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 1.6.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.6.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.6.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.7
Simplify terms.
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Step 1.7.1
Combine and .
Step 1.7.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.8
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 1.8.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.8.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.8.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.9
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.10
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.11
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.12
Simplify the expression.
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Step 1.12.1
Add and .
Step 1.12.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.13
Simplify.
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Step 1.13.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.13.2
Combine terms.
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Step 1.13.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.13.2.2
Combine and .
Step 1.13.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 1.13.2.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.13.3
Reorder terms.
Step 2
Find the second derivative of the function.
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Step 2.1
Differentiate.
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Step 2.1.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.1.2
Since is constant with respect to , 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 Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.3
Simplify.
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Step 2.3.1
Add and .
Step 2.3.2
Reorder terms.
Step 2.3.3
Reorder factors in .
Step 3
To find the local maximum and minimum values of the function, set the derivative equal to and solve.
Step 4
Find the first derivative.
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Step 4.1
Find the first derivative.
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Step 4.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2
Combine and simplify the denominator.
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Step 4.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2
Move .
Step 4.1.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.1.2.6
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.7
Rewrite as .
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Step 4.1.2.7.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.7.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.1.2.7.3
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.7.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 4.1.2.7.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.2.7.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.2.7.5
Simplify.
Step 4.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.4
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 4.1.5
Differentiate using the Constant Multiple Rule.
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Step 4.1.5.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 4.1.5.2
Combine fractions.
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Step 4.1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.5.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 4.1.5.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.5.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.5.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.6
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 4.1.6.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 4.1.6.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.6.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 4.1.7
Simplify terms.
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Step 4.1.7.1
Combine and .
Step 4.1.7.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.8
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 4.1.8.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.8.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.8.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.9
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.10
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.11
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.12
Simplify the expression.
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Step 4.1.12.1
Add and .
Step 4.1.12.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.13
Simplify.
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Step 4.1.13.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.13.2
Combine terms.
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Step 4.1.13.2.1
Combine and .
Step 4.1.13.2.2
Combine and .
Step 4.1.13.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 4.1.13.2.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.1.13.3
Reorder terms.
Step 4.2
The first derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5
Set the first derivative equal to then solve the equation .
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Step 5.1
Set the first derivative equal to .
Step 5.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 5.3
Since the expression on each side of the equation has the same denominator, the numerators must be equal.
Step 5.4
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 5.4.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.4.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.4.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.4.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.4.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.4.3.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.4.3.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.4.3.1.2
Divide by .
Step 6
Find the values where the derivative is undefined.
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Step 6.1
Convert expressions with fractional exponents to radicals.
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Step 6.1.1
Apply the rule to rewrite the exponentiation as a radical.
Step 6.1.2
Apply the rule to rewrite the exponentiation as a radical.
Step 6.1.3
Anything raised to is the base itself.
Step 6.1.4
Anything raised to is the base itself.
Step 6.2
Set the denominator in equal to to find where the expression is undefined.
Step 6.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 6.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 6.3.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 6.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.3.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.3.2.2.2
Divide by .
Step 6.3.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 6.3.3.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 6.3.3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.3.3.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 6.3.3.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.3.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.3.3.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.3.3.2
Divide by .
Step 6.4
Set the radicand in less than to find where the expression is undefined.
Step 6.5
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 6.5.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 6.5.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 6.5.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.5.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.5.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 6.5.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 6.5.3.1
Divide by .
Step 6.6
The equation is undefined where the denominator equals , the argument of a square root is less than , or the argument of a logarithm is less than or equal to .
Step 7
Critical points to evaluate.
Step 8
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 9
Since the first derivative test failed, there are no local extrema.
No Local Extrema
Step 10