Calculus Examples

$\frac{1}{x} + e^{x}$

Step 1

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $\frac{1}{x} + e^{x}$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{x}] + \frac{d}{d x} [e^{x}]$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{x}] + \frac{d}{d x} [e^{x}]$

Step 2

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{1}{x}]$ .

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Step 2.1

Rewrite $\frac{1}{x}$ as $x^{- 1}$ .

$\frac{d}{d x} [x^{- 1}] + \frac{d}{d x} [e^{x}]$

Step 2.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = - 1$ .

$- x^{- 2} + \frac{d}{d x} [e^{x}]$

Step 3

Differentiate using the Exponential Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [a^{x}]$ is $a^{x} \ln (a)$ where $a$ = $e$ .

$- x^{- 2} + e^{x}$

Step 4

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$- \frac{1}{x^{2}} + e^{x}$