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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Write as a function.
Step 2
Step 2.1
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.2
Differentiate.
Step 2.2.1
By the Sum Rule, 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
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 2.2.4.1
Add and .
Step 2.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.5
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.4
Combine and .
Step 2.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.6.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.8
Combine and .
Step 2.9
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 2.10
Simplify.
Step 2.10.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.10.2
Combine terms.
Step 2.10.2.1
Combine and .
Step 2.10.2.2
Move to the left of .
Step 2.10.2.3
Move to the numerator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 2.10.2.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.10.2.4.1
Move .
Step 2.10.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.10.2.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.10.2.4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.10.2.4.3
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 2.10.2.4.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.10.2.4.5
Add and .
Step 2.10.2.5
Combine and .
Step 2.10.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 2.10.2.7
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.10.2.8
Combine and .
Step 2.10.2.9
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.10.2.10
Move to the left of .
Step 2.10.2.11
Add and .
Step 3
Step 3.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2
Evaluate .
Step 3.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.2.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3.2.4
Combine and .
Step 3.2.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.2.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.2.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.6.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.2.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.2.8
Combine and .
Step 3.2.9
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.10
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.11
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.12
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 3.3
Evaluate .
Step 3.3.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.2
Rewrite as .
Step 3.3.3
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 3.3.3.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.3.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.3.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.3.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.5
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 3.3.5.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 3.3.5.2
Combine and .
Step 3.3.5.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.3.6
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3.3.7
Combine and .
Step 3.3.8
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.3.9
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.3.9.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.9.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.3.10
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.3.11
Combine and .
Step 3.3.12
Combine and .
Step 3.3.13
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.3.13.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.3.13.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.3.13.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.3.13.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.3.14
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 3.3.15
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.16
Multiply by .
Step 4
To find the local maximum and minimum values of the function, set the derivative equal to and solve.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Find the first derivative.
Step 5.1.1
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 5.1.2
Differentiate.
Step 5.1.2.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.1.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.1.2.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5.1.2.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 5.1.2.4.1
Add and .
Step 5.1.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.5
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 5.1.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.1.4
Combine and .
Step 5.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.1.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.1.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.6.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.1.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.1.8
Combine and .
Step 5.1.9
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 5.1.10
Simplify.
Step 5.1.10.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.1.10.2
Combine terms.
Step 5.1.10.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.1.10.2.2
Move to the left of .
Step 5.1.10.2.3
Move to the numerator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 5.1.10.2.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.1.10.2.4.1
Move .
Step 5.1.10.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.10.2.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.1.10.2.4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.1.10.2.4.3
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 5.1.10.2.4.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.1.10.2.4.5
Add and .
Step 5.1.10.2.5
Combine and .
Step 5.1.10.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.10.2.7
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.1.10.2.8
Combine and .
Step 5.1.10.2.9
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.1.10.2.10
Move to the left of .
Step 5.1.10.2.11
Add and .
Step 5.2
The first derivative of with respect to is .
Step 6
Step 6.1
Set the first derivative equal to .
Step 6.2
Find the LCD of the terms in the equation.
Step 6.2.1
Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.
Step 6.2.2
Since contains both numbers and variables, there are two steps to find the LCM. Find LCM for the numeric part then find LCM for the variable part .
Step 6.2.3
The LCM is the smallest positive number that all of the numbers divide into evenly.
1. List the prime factors of each number.
2. Multiply each factor the greatest number of times it occurs in either number.
Step 6.2.4
Since has no factors besides and .
is a prime number
Step 6.2.5
The number is not a prime number because it only has one positive factor, which is itself.
Not prime
Step 6.2.6
The LCM of is the result of multiplying all prime factors the greatest number of times they occur in either number.
Step 6.2.7
The LCM of is the result of multiplying all prime factors the greatest number of times they occur in either term.
Step 6.2.8
The LCM for is the numeric part multiplied by the variable part.
Step 6.3
Multiply each term in by to eliminate the fractions.
Step 6.3.1
Multiply each term in by .
Step 6.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 6.3.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 6.3.2.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.3.2.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.3.2.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.3.2.1.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.3.2.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.3.2.1.3.1
Move .
Step 6.3.2.1.3.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.3.2.1.3.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.3.2.1.3.4
Add and .
Step 6.3.2.1.3.5
Divide by .
Step 6.3.2.1.4
Simplify .
Step 6.3.2.1.5
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.3.2.1.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.3.2.1.6.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.3.2.1.6.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.3.2.1.7
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.3.2.1.7.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.3.2.1.7.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 6.3.3.1
Multiply .
Step 6.3.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.3.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.4
Solve the equation.
Step 6.4.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 6.4.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 6.4.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 6.4.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 6.4.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.4.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.4.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 6.4.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 6.4.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 6.4.2.3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.4.2.3.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 6.4.2.3.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.4.2.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.4.2.3.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.4.2.3.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 7
Step 7.1
Convert expressions with fractional exponents to radicals.
Step 7.1.1
Apply the rule to rewrite the exponentiation as a radical.
Step 7.1.2
Apply the rule to rewrite the exponentiation as a radical.
Step 7.1.3
Anything raised to is the base itself.
Step 7.2
Set the denominator in equal to to find where the expression is undefined.
Step 7.3
Solve for .
Step 7.3.1
To remove the radical on the left side of the equation, raise both sides of the equation to the power of .
Step 7.3.2
Simplify each side of the equation.
Step 7.3.2.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 7.3.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 7.3.2.2.1
Simplify .
Step 7.3.2.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 7.3.2.2.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.2.2.1.3
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 7.3.2.2.1.3.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 7.3.2.2.1.3.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.3.2.2.1.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.3.2.2.1.3.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.3.2.2.1.4
Simplify.
Step 7.3.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 7.3.2.3.1
Raising to any positive power yields .
Step 7.3.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 7.3.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 7.3.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 7.3.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.3.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.3.3.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 7.3.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 7.3.3.3.1
Divide by .
Step 8
Critical points to evaluate.
Step 9
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 10
Step 10.1
Simplify each term.
Step 10.1.1
Simplify the denominator.
Step 10.1.1.1
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 10.1.1.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 10.1.1.1.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 10.1.1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 10.1.1.3
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 10.1.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 10.1.1.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 10.1.1.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 10.1.1.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 10.1.1.6
Combine exponents.
Step 10.1.1.6.1
Factor out negative.
Step 10.1.1.6.2
Combine and .
Step 10.1.2
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 10.1.3
Multiply .
Step 10.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 10.1.3.2
Combine and .
Step 10.1.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 10.1.5
Simplify the denominator.
Step 10.1.5.1
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 10.1.5.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 10.1.5.1.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 10.1.5.2
Rewrite as .
Step 10.1.5.3
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 10.1.5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 10.1.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 10.1.5.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 10.1.5.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 10.1.5.6
Multiply by .
Step 10.1.6
Combine and .
Step 10.1.7
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 10.1.8
Combine and .
Step 10.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 10.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 10.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 10.3.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 10.3.2.1
Move .
Step 10.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 10.3.2.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 10.3.2.4
Add and .
Step 10.4
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 10.4.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 10.4.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 10.4.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 10.4.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 10.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 10.5.1
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 10.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 10.6
Simplify with factoring out.
Step 10.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 10.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 10.6.3
Factor out of .
Step 10.6.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 10.6.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 10.6.4.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 11
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 12
Step 12.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 12.2
Simplify the result.
Step 12.2.1
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 12.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 12.2.1.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 12.2.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 12.2.2.1
Rewrite as .
Step 12.2.2.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 12.2.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 12.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 12.2.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 12.2.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 12.2.4.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 12.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 12.2.5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 12.2.6
Combine and .
Step 12.2.7
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 12.2.8
Simplify the numerator.
Step 12.2.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 12.2.8.2
Add and .
Step 12.2.9
Combine.
Step 12.2.10
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 12.2.10.1
Multiply by .
Step 12.2.10.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 12.2.10.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 12.2.10.2
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 12.2.10.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 12.2.10.4
Add and .
Step 12.2.11
Move to the left of .
Step 12.2.12
The final answer is .
Step 13
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 14
Step 14.1
Simplify the expression.
Step 14.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 14.1.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 14.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 14.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 14.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 14.3
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 14.4
Multiply by .
Step 14.5
The expression contains a division by . The expression is undefined.
Undefined
Undefined
Step 15
Step 15.1
Split into separate intervals around the values that make the first derivative or undefined.
Step 15.2
Substitute any number, such as , from the interval in the first derivative to check if the result is negative or positive.
Step 15.2.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 15.2.2
The final answer is .
Step 15.3
Substitute any number, such as , from the interval in the first derivative to check if the result is negative or positive.
Step 15.3.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 15.3.2
Simplify the result.
Step 15.3.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 15.3.2.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 15.3.2.1.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 15.3.2.1.1.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 15.3.2.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 15.3.2.1.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 15.3.2.1.1.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 15.3.2.1.1.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 15.3.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 15.3.2.1.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 15.3.2.1.3.1
Rewrite as .
Step 15.3.2.1.3.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 15.3.2.1.3.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 15.3.2.1.3.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 15.3.2.1.3.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 15.3.2.1.3.4
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 15.3.2.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 15.3.2.1.5
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 15.3.2.2
Combine fractions.
Step 15.3.2.2.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 15.3.2.2.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 15.3.2.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 15.3.2.2.2.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 15.3.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 15.4
Substitute any number, such as , from the interval in the first derivative to check if the result is negative or positive.
Step 15.4.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 15.4.2
Simplify the result.
Step 15.4.2.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 15.4.2.2
The final answer is .
Step 15.5
Since the first derivative changed signs from positive to negative around , then is a local maximum.
is a local maximum
Step 15.6
Since the first derivative changed signs from negative to positive around , then is a local minimum.
is a local minimum
Step 15.7
These are the local extrema for .
is a local maximum
is a local minimum
is a local maximum
is a local minimum
Step 16