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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Find the first derivative.
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that is where =.
Replace all occurrences of with .
Differentiate.
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Simplify the expression.
Multiply by .
Move to the left of .
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Simplify.
Reorder terms.
Reorder factors in .
Find the second derivative.
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Evaluate .
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that is where =.
Replace all occurrences of with .
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Multiply by .
Move to the left of .
Evaluate .
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that is where =.
Replace all occurrences of with .
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Multiply by .
Move to the left of .
Multiply by .
Simplify.
Apply the distributive property.
Apply the distributive property.
Combine terms.
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Add and .
Move .
Add and .
Reorder terms.
Reorder factors in .
The second derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2
Set the second derivative equal to .
Factor out of .
Factor out of .
Factor out of .
Factor out of .
Factor out of .
Factor out of .
If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to , the entire expression will be equal to .
Set equal to and solve for .
Set equal to .
Solve for .
Take the natural logarithm of both sides of the equation to remove the variable from the exponent.
The equation cannot be solved because is undefined.
Undefined
There is no solution for
No solution
No solution
No solution
Set equal to and solve for .
Set equal to .
Solve for .
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Simplify.
Simplify the numerator.
Raise to the power of .
Multiply .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Subtract from .
Rewrite as .
Factor out of .
Rewrite as .
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Multiply by .
Simplify .
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Simplify the numerator.
Raise to the power of .
Multiply .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Subtract from .
Rewrite as .
Factor out of .
Rewrite as .
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Multiply by .
Simplify .
Change the to .
Rewrite as .
Factor out of .
Factor out of .
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Simplify the numerator.
Raise to the power of .
Multiply .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Subtract from .
Rewrite as .
Factor out of .
Rewrite as .
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Multiply by .
Simplify .
Change the to .
Rewrite as .
Factor out of .
Factor out of .
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
The final solution is all the values that make true.
Step 3
Substitute in to find the value of .
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Simplify the result.
Raise to the power of .
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Replace with an approximation.
Raise to the power of .
Divide by .
The final answer is .
The point found by substituting in is . This point can be an inflection point.
Substitute in to find the value of .
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Simplify the result.
Raise to the power of .
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Replace with an approximation.
Raise to the power of .
Divide by .
The final answer is .
The point found by substituting in is . This point can be an inflection point.
Determine the points that could be inflection points.
Step 4
Split into intervals around the points that could potentially be inflection points.
Step 5
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Simplify the result.
Simplify each term.
Raise to the power of .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Replace with an approximation.
Raise to the power of .
Divide by .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Replace with an approximation.
Raise to the power of .
Divide by .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Simplify by adding terms.
Subtract from .
Add and .
The final answer is .
At , the second derivative is . Since this is positive, the second derivative is increasing on the interval .
Increasing on since
Increasing on since
Step 6
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Simplify the result.
Simplify each term.
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Apply the product rule to .
Apply the product rule to .
Raise to the power of .
Multiply by .
One to any power is one.
Raise to the power of .
Cancel the common factor of .
Factor out of .
Cancel the common factor.
Rewrite the expression.
Cancel the common factor of .
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Factor out of .
Cancel the common factor.
Rewrite the expression.
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Cancel the common factor of .
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Factor out of .
Cancel the common factor.
Rewrite the expression.
Multiply by .
Cancel the common factor of .
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Factor out of .
Cancel the common factor.
Rewrite the expression.
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Cancel the common factor of .
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Factor out of .
Cancel the common factor.
Rewrite the expression.
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Combine fractions.
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Simplify the expression.
Subtract from .
Add and .
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
The final answer is .
At , the second derivative is . Since this is negative, the second derivative is decreasing on the interval
Decreasing on since
Decreasing on since
Step 7
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Simplify the result.
Simplify each term.
Raise to the power of .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Replace with an approximation.
Raise to the power of .
Divide by .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Replace with an approximation.
Raise to the power of .
Divide by .
Multiply by .
Multiply by .
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Combine and .
Simplify by adding terms.
Subtract from .
Add and .
The final answer is .
At , the second derivative is . Since this is positive, the second derivative is increasing on the interval .
Increasing on since
Increasing on since
Step 8
An inflection point is a point on a curve at which the concavity changes sign from plus to minus or from minus to plus. The inflection points in this case are .
Step 9