Calculus Examples

Find the Third Derivative P'(t)=d/(dt)(0.97)^t
Step 1
Find the first derivative.
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Step 1.1
Simplify terms.
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Step 1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 1.2
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 1.3
Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that is where =.
Step 1.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule.
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Step 1.4.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.4.2
Simplify the expression.
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Step 1.4.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.2.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.5
Simplify.
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Step 1.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.5.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.5.1.2
Reorder factors in .
Step 1.5.2
Reorder terms.
Step 1.5.3
Factor out of .
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Step 1.5.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 2
Find the second derivative.
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Step 2.1
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.2
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.4
Differentiate.
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Step 2.4.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.4.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.4.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.4.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.5
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.4.6
Add and .
Step 2.5
Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that is where =.
Step 2.6
Differentiate using the Power Rule.
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Step 2.6.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.6.2
Simplify with factoring out.
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Step 2.6.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.6.2.2
Factor out of .
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Step 2.6.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.6.2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.6.2.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.7
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 2.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.7.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.7.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.8
Simplify.
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Step 2.8.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.8.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.8.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.8.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.8.5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 2.8.5.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 2.8.5.1.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 2.8.5.1.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.8.5.1.3
Add and .
Step 2.8.5.2
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.8.5.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.8.5.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.8.5.2.2.1
Move .
Step 2.8.5.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.8.5.2.3
Multiply .
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Step 2.8.5.2.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.8.5.2.3.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.8.5.2.3.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.8.5.2.3.4
Add and .
Step 2.8.5.2.4
Simplify by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 2.8.5.2.5
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.8.5.2.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.8.5.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 2.8.5.3
Reorder factors in .
Step 2.8.6
Reorder terms.
Step 2.8.7
Reorder factors in .
Step 3
Find the third derivative.
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Step 3.1
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 3.2
Differentiate.
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Step 3.2.1
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 3.2.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 3.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 3.4
Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that is where =.
Step 3.5
Differentiate.
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Step 3.5.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.5.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.6
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 3.7
Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that is where =.
Step 3.8
Differentiate.
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Step 3.8.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.8.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.9
Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that is where =.
Step 3.10
Differentiate using the Power Rule.
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Step 3.10.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.10.2
Simplify with factoring out.
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Step 3.10.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.10.2.2
Factor out of .
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Step 3.10.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.10.2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.10.2.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.11
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 3.11.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.11.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.11.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.12
Simplify.
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Step 3.12.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.12.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.12.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.12.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.12.5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 3.12.5.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 3.12.5.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.12.5.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.12.5.1.2.1
Multiply by .
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Step 3.12.5.1.2.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.12.5.1.2.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.12.5.1.2.2
Add and .
Step 3.12.5.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.12.5.1.3.1
Move .
Step 3.12.5.1.3.2
Multiply by .
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Step 3.12.5.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.12.5.1.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.12.5.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 3.12.5.1.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.12.5.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.12.5.1.5.1
Move .
Step 3.12.5.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.12.5.1.6
Move to the left of .
Step 3.12.5.1.7
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.12.5.1.8
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.12.5.1.8.1
Move .
Step 3.12.5.1.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.12.5.1.9
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.12.5.1.10
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.12.5.1.11
Simplify by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 3.12.5.1.12
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.12.5.1.13
Multiply .
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Step 3.12.5.1.13.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.12.5.1.13.2
Simplify by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 3.12.5.1.14
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.12.5.1.15
Multiply by .
Step 3.12.5.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 3.12.5.2.1
Add and .
Step 3.12.5.2.2
Add and .
Step 3.12.5.3
Move .
Step 3.12.5.4
Subtract from .
Step 3.12.5.5
Reorder factors in .
Step 3.12.6
Reorder terms.
Step 3.12.7
Reorder factors in .
Step 4
The third derivative of with respect to is .