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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Differentiate.
Step 1.1.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2
Evaluate .
Step 1.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.2.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.3
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 1.2.3.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.2.3.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.3.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.2.4
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.5
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.6
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2.7
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.9
Add and .
Step 1.2.10
Combine and .
Step 1.2.11
Combine and .
Step 1.2.12
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 1.2.12.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.2.12.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 1.2.12.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.2.12.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.12.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.2.13
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.3
Simplify.
Step 1.3.1
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.2
Reorder factors in .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 2.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.3
Differentiate.
Step 2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.2
Combine fractions.
Step 2.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.2.2
Combine and .
Step 2.3.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 2.3.3
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.5
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3.6
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.7
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.8
Combine fractions.
Step 2.3.8.1
Add and .
Step 2.3.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.6
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.7
Add and .
Step 2.8
Multiply by .
Step 2.9
Reorder factors in .
Step 3
To find the local maximum and minimum values of the function, set the derivative equal to and solve.
Step 4
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.1.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.1.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.1.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.1.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.2.2
Divide by .
Step 5.1.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.1.3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.1.3.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.1.3.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.1.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.3.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.3.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2
Take the inverse cosine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the cosine.
Step 5.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.3.1
The exact value of is .
Step 5.4
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 5.4.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.4.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.4.3
Subtract from .
Step 5.4.4
Divide by .
Step 5.5
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 5.6
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.6.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.6.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.6.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.6.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.6.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.6.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.6.3.1
Divide by .
Step 5.7
The cosine function is positive in the first and fourth quadrants. To find the second solution, subtract the reference angle from to find the solution in the fourth quadrant.
Step 5.8
Solve for .
Step 5.8.1
Simplify .
Step 5.8.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.8.1.2
Combine fractions.
Step 5.8.1.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.8.1.2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.8.1.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.8.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.8.1.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.8.2
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 5.8.2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.8.2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.8.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 5.8.2.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.2.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.2.4.2
Divide by .
Step 5.8.3
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 5.8.4
Simplify both sides of the equation.
Step 5.8.4.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.8.4.1.1
Simplify .
Step 5.8.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.4.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.4.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.8.4.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.4.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.8.4.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.4.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.8.4.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.8.4.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.4.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.9
The solution to the equation .
Step 6
Evaluate the second derivative at . If the second derivative is positive, then this is a local minimum. If it is negative, then this is a local maximum.
Step 7
Step 7.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 7.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 7.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.1.2.4
Divide by .
Step 7.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 7.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.2
Add and .
Step 7.2.3
The exact value of is .
Step 7.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 8
is a local minimum because the value of the second derivative is positive. This is referred to as the second derivative test.
is a local minimum
Step 9
Step 9.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 9.2
Simplify the result.
Step 9.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 9.2.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 9.2.1.2
Add and .
Step 9.2.1.3
The exact value of is .
Step 9.2.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 9.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 9.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 10
Evaluate the second derivative at . If the second derivative is positive, then this is a local minimum. If it is negative, then this is a local maximum.
Step 11
Step 11.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 11.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 11.1.2
Divide by .
Step 11.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 11.2.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 11.2.2
Combine and .
Step 11.2.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 11.2.4
Simplify the numerator.
Step 11.2.4.1
Move to the left of .
Step 11.2.4.2
Add and .
Step 11.2.5
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because sine is negative in the fourth quadrant.
Step 11.2.6
The exact value of is .
Step 11.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 11.2.8
Multiply by .
Step 11.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 12
is a local maximum because the value of the second derivative is negative. This is referred to as the second derivative test.
is a local maximum
Step 13
Step 13.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 13.2
Simplify the result.
Step 13.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 13.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 13.2.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.2.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.2.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 13.2.1.3
Combine and .
Step 13.2.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 13.2.1.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 13.2.1.5.1
Move to the left of .
Step 13.2.1.5.2
Add and .
Step 13.2.1.6
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because sine is negative in the fourth quadrant.
Step 13.2.1.7
The exact value of is .
Step 13.2.1.8
Multiply .
Step 13.2.1.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.1.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.2
Add and .
Step 13.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 14
These are the local extrema for .
is a local minima
is a local maxima
Step 15