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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Find the first derivative.
Step 1.1.1
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 1.1.2
Differentiate.
Step 1.1.2.1
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 1.1.2.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.1.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.2.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.2.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.1.2.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.2.5
Simplify the expression.
Step 1.1.2.5.1
Add and .
Step 1.1.2.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 1.1.3.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.1.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.1.3.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.1.4
Simplify with factoring out.
Step 1.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.4.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.4.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.4.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.5
Cancel the common factors.
Step 1.1.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.5.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.5.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.6
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.7
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.1.8
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.9
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.1.10
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.11
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.12
Add and .
Step 1.1.13
Simplify.
Step 1.1.13.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.13.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.1.13.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.13.2.1.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1.2.1
Move .
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.13.2.1.3.2
Add and .
Step 1.1.13.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.13.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.1.13.2.4
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.13.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.13.4
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.13.5
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.13.6
Rewrite as .
Step 1.1.13.7
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.13.8
Rewrite as .
Step 1.1.13.9
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2
The first derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Set the first derivative equal to .
Step 2.2
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 2.3
Solve the equation for .
Step 2.3.1
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Step 2.3.2
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Step 2.3.3
Simplify.
Step 2.3.3.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.3.3.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.3.1.2
Multiply .
Step 2.3.3.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.3.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.3.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.3.3.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 2.3.3.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.3.3.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2.3.3.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 2.3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.3.3
Simplify .
Step 2.3.4
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 2.3.4.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.3.4.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.4.1.2
Multiply .
Step 2.3.4.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.4.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.4.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.3.4.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 2.3.4.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.3.4.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2.3.4.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 2.3.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.4.3
Simplify .
Step 2.3.4.4
Change the to .
Step 2.3.5
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 2.3.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.3.5.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.5.1.2
Multiply .
Step 2.3.5.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.3.5.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 2.3.5.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.3.5.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2.3.5.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 2.3.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.3
Simplify .
Step 2.3.5.4
Change the to .
Step 2.3.6
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Step 3
Step 3.1
The domain of the expression is all real numbers except where the expression is undefined. In this case, there is no real number that makes the expression undefined.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Evaluate at .
Step 4.1.1
Substitute for .
Step 4.1.2
Simplify.
Step 4.1.2.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.1.2.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.1.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.1.2.1.4
Rewrite in a factored form.
Step 4.1.2.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.1.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.2.2
Simplify the denominator.
Step 4.1.2.2.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 4.1.2.2.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.2.3
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.2.4
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.1.2.2.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.2.4.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.2.4.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.2.5
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.1.2.2.5.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.2.2.5.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.5.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 4.1.2.2.5.1.3
Combine using the product rule for radicals.
Step 4.1.2.2.5.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.5.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.2.5.1.6
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 4.1.2.2.5.2
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.2.5.3
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.2.6
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.2.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.1.2.2.8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.9
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 4.1.2.2.9.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.10
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.1.2.2.11
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.12
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.2.13
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.1.2.2.14
Rewrite in a factored form.
Step 4.1.2.2.14.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.2.14.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.14.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.2.14.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.14.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.14.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.14.7
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.2.2.14.8
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.2.14.9
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.2.2.15
Apply the product rule to .
Step 4.1.2.2.16
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.2.17
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.2.18
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.1.2.2.18.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.2.18.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.2.18.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.2.19
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.4
Multiply .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.4.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.4.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.4.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.4.5
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.5.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.5.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.5.3
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.5.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.5.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 4.1.2.2.19.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.2
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.2.19.3
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.3
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4.1.2.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.1.2.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.2.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.7
Expand the denominator using the FOIL method.
Step 4.1.2.8
Simplify.
Step 4.1.2.9
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.1.2.9.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.9.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.2.9.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.2.10
Simplify terms.
Step 4.1.2.10.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 4.1.2.10.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.10.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.10.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.10.1.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.1.2.10.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.10.1.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.2.10.1.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.2.10.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.10.3
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.10.4
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.10.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.1.2.11
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.2.11.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.11.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.11.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.11.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.2.11.5
Move to the left of .
Step 4.1.2.11.6
Multiply .
Step 4.1.2.11.6.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.11.6.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.11.6.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.1.2.11.6.4
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.11.7
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.2.11.7.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.11.7.1.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.11.7.1.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.1.2.11.7.1.3
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.11.7.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.1.2.11.7.1.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.2.11.7.1.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.2.11.7.1.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 4.1.2.11.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.12
Simplify terms.
Step 4.1.2.12.1
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.2.12.2
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.12.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 4.1.2.12.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.12.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.12.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.12.3.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.1.2.12.3.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.12.3.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.2.12.3.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.2.12.4
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.2.12.5
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.12.6
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2.12.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.2
Evaluate at .
Step 4.2.1
Substitute for .
Step 4.2.2
Simplify.
Step 4.2.2.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.2.2.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 4.2.2.1.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.2.1.4
Rewrite in a factored form.
Step 4.2.2.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.1.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.2.2
Simplify the denominator.
Step 4.2.2.2.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 4.2.2.2.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.2.2.3
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.2.4
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.2.2.2.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.2.4.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.2.4.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.2.5
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.4
Multiply .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.4.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.4.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.4.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.4.6
Add and .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.5.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.5.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.5.3
Combine and .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.5.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.2.2.5.1.5.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 4.2.2.2.5.2
Add and .
Step 4.2.2.2.5.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.2.2.6
Combine and .
Step 4.2.2.2.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.2.2.2.8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.9
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 4.2.2.2.9.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.10
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.2.2.11
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.12
Combine and .
Step 4.2.2.2.13
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.2.2.14
Rewrite in a factored form.
Step 4.2.2.2.14.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.2.14.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.14.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.14.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.2.14.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.14.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.14.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.14.8
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.2.2.14.9
Add and .
Step 4.2.2.2.14.10
Add and .
Step 4.2.2.2.15
Apply the product rule to .
Step 4.2.2.2.16
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.2.2.17
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.2.18
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.2.2.2.18.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.2.18.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.2.18.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.2.19
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.4
Multiply .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.4.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.4.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.4.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.4.5
Add and .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.5.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.5.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.5.3
Combine and .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.5.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.5.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 4.2.2.2.19.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.2
Add and .
Step 4.2.2.2.19.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.2.3
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4.2.2.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.2.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.7
Expand the denominator using the FOIL method.
Step 4.2.2.8
Simplify.
Step 4.2.2.9
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.2.2.9.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.9.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2.9.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.2.10
Simplify terms.
Step 4.2.2.10.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 4.2.2.10.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.10.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.10.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.10.1.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.2.2.10.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.10.1.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2.10.1.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.2.10.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.10.3
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.10.4
Combine and .
Step 4.2.2.10.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.2.11
Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.2.11.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.11.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.11.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.11.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.11.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.11.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.11.7
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.2.11.8
Multiply .
Step 4.2.2.11.8.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.2.11.8.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.2.11.8.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.2.2.11.8.4
Add and .
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Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.2.11.9.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.11.9.1.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.11.9.1.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.2.2.11.9.1.3
Combine and .
Step 4.2.2.11.9.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.2.11.9.1.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2.11.9.1.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.2.11.9.1.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 4.2.2.11.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.12
Simplify terms.
Step 4.2.2.12.1
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.2.12.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.2.12.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 4.2.2.12.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.12.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.12.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.12.3.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.2.2.12.3.4.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2.12.3.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.2.12.4
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2.12.5
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.12.6
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.2.12.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.3
List all of the points.
Step 5