Calculus Examples

Find dx/dy y=((3x-1)/(x^2+3))^2
Step 1
Differentiate both sides of the equation.
Step 2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3
Differentiate the right side of the equation.
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Step 3.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.2
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 3.3
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 3.3.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.4
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.4.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.4.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.5
Differentiate.
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Step 3.5.1
Move to the left of .
Step 3.5.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.5.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.6
Rewrite as .
Step 3.7
Differentiate using the Constant Rule.
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Step 3.7.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.7.2
Simplify the expression.
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Step 3.7.2.1
Add and .
Step 3.7.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.8
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.8.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.8.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.8.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.9
Differentiate using the Sum Rule.
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Step 3.9.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.9.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.10
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.10.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.10.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.10.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.11
Rewrite as .
Step 3.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.13
Simplify the expression.
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Step 3.13.1
Add and .
Step 3.13.2
Move to the left of .
Step 3.13.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.14
Simplify.
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Step 3.14.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.14.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.14.3
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 3.14.3.1
Factor out of .
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Step 3.14.3.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 3.14.3.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.14.3.2.1
Multiply by .
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Step 3.14.3.2.1.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.14.3.2.2
Add and .
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Simplify each term.
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Step 3.14.3.3.1
Rewrite as .
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Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 3.14.3.3.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.14.3.3.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 3.14.3.3.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 3.14.3.3.3.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.14.3.3.3.1.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.14.3.3.3.1.1.2
Add and .
Step 3.14.3.3.3.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 3.14.3.3.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.14.3.3.3.2
Add and .
Step 3.14.3.3.4
Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Step 3.14.3.3.5.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 3.14.3.3.6
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.14.3.3.7
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.14.3.3.8
Multiply by .
Step 3.14.3.3.9
Multiply by .
Step 3.14.3.3.10
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 3.14.3.3.10.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.14.3.3.10.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.14.3.3.10.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.14.3.3.11
Simplify each term.
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Step 3.14.3.3.11.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.14.3.3.11.1.1
Move .
Step 3.14.3.3.11.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 3.14.3.3.11.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.14.3.3.11.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.14.3.3.11.1.3
Add and .
Step 3.14.3.3.11.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.14.3.3.11.2.1
Move .
Step 3.14.3.3.11.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.14.3.3.11.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.14.3.3.11.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.14.3.4
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 3.14.3.4.1
Subtract from .
Step 3.14.3.4.2
Add and .
Step 3.14.3.5
Subtract from .
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Factor out of .
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Step 3.14.3.6.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 3.14.3.6.3
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 3.14.3.6.5
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.3.6.6
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.3.6.7
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.3.7
Reorder terms.
Step 3.14.3.8
Factor.
Step 3.14.4
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 3.14.4.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 3.14.4.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.14.4.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.14.5
Reorder terms.
Step 3.14.6
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.7
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.8
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.9
Rewrite as .
Step 3.14.10
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.11
Rewrite as .
Step 3.14.12
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.14.13
Reorder factors in .
Step 4
Reform the equation by setting the left side equal to the right side.
Step 5
Solve for .
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Step 5.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 5.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 5.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.2.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.2.2.1
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 5.2.2.2
Simplify the expression.
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Step 5.2.2.2.1
Divide by .
Step 5.2.2.2.2
Reorder factors in .
Step 5.2.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.2.3.1
Divide by .
Step 5.3
Multiply both sides by .
Step 5.4
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.4.1
Simplify .
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Step 5.4.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.4.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.4.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.4.1.3
Simplify.
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Step 5.4.1.3.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.4.1.3.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.4.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.4
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.4.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.5
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 5.4.1.6
Simplify terms.
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Step 5.4.1.6.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.4.1.6.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.4.1.6.1.1.1
Move .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.1.2
Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.4.1.6.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.4.1.6.1.4.1
Move .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.7
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.4.1.6.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.6.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 5.4.1.6.2
Simplify by adding terms.
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Subtract from .
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Subtract from .
Step 5.5
Solve for .
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Step 5.5.1
Simplify .
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Step 5.5.1.1
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 5.5.1.2
Simplify terms.
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Step 5.5.1.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.5.1.2.1.1
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 5.5.1.2.1.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.2
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 5.5.1.2.1.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.5.1.2.1.4.1
Move .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.4.2
Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.5.1.2.1.4.3
Add and .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.1.2.1.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5.1.3
Simplify.
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Step 5.5.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.2
Factor out of .
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Step 5.5.2.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.3
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.5
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.6
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.2.7
Factor out of .
Step 5.5.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 5.5.3.1
Divide each term in by .
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Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.5.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.5.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.5.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.5.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.5.3.2.2.2
Divide by .
Step 5.5.3.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.5.3.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.5.3.3.1.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.5.3.3.1.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6
Replace with .