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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2
Evaluate .
Step 1.2.1
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 1.2.1.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.2.1.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2.1.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.4
Simplify.
Step 1.4.1
Reorder terms.
Step 1.4.2
Simplify each term.
Step 1.4.2.1
Reorder and .
Step 1.4.2.2
Reorder and .
Step 1.4.2.3
Apply the sine double-angle identity.
Step 2
Step 2.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2
Evaluate .
Step 2.2.1
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 2.2.1.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.2.1.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.1.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.2.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.5
Move to the left of .
Step 2.3
Evaluate .
Step 2.3.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3
To find the local maximum and minimum values of the function, set the derivative equal to and solve.
Step 4
Apply the sine double-angle identity.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.3
Factor out of .
Step 6
If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to , the entire expression will be equal to .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Set equal to .
Step 7.2
Solve for .
Step 7.2.1
Take the inverse sine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the sine.
Step 7.2.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 7.2.2.1
The exact value of is .
Step 7.2.3
The sine function is positive in the first and second quadrants. To find the second solution, subtract the reference angle from to find the solution in the second quadrant.
Step 7.2.4
Subtract from .
Step 7.2.5
The solution to the equation .
Step 8
Step 8.1
Set equal to .
Step 8.2
Solve for .
Step 8.2.1
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 8.2.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 8.2.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 8.2.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 8.2.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 8.2.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.2.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 8.2.3
Take the inverse cosine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the cosine.
Step 8.2.4
Simplify the right side.
Step 8.2.4.1
The exact value of is .
Step 8.2.5
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 8.2.6
Simplify .
Step 8.2.6.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 8.2.6.2
Combine fractions.
Step 8.2.6.2.1
Combine and .
Step 8.2.6.2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 8.2.6.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 8.2.6.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.6.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 8.2.7
The solution to the equation .
Step 9
The final solution is all the values that make true.
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
Simplify each term.
Step 11.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 11.1.2
The exact value of is .
Step 11.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 11.1.4
The exact value of is .
Step 11.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 11.2
Subtract from .
Step 12
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 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
The exact value of is .
Step 13.2.1.2
Raising to any positive power yields .
Step 13.2.1.3
The exact value of is .
Step 13.2.2
Add and .
Step 13.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 14
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 15
Step 15.1
Simplify each term.
Step 15.1.1
Subtract full rotations of until the angle is greater than or equal to and less than .
Step 15.1.2
The exact value of is .
Step 15.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 15.1.4
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the second quadrant.
Step 15.1.5
The exact value of is .
Step 15.1.6
Multiply .
Step 15.1.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 15.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 15.2
Add and .
Step 16
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 17
Step 17.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 17.2
Simplify the result.
Step 17.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 17.2.1.1
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant.
Step 17.2.1.2
The exact value of is .
Step 17.2.1.3
Raising to any positive power yields .
Step 17.2.1.4
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the second quadrant.
Step 17.2.1.5
The exact value of is .
Step 17.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 17.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 17.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 18
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 19
Step 19.1
Simplify each term.
Step 19.1.1
Combine and .
Step 19.1.2
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the second quadrant.
Step 19.1.3
The exact value of is .
Step 19.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 19.1.4.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 19.1.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 19.1.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 19.1.5
The exact value of is .
Step 19.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 19.3
Combine and .
Step 19.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 19.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 19.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 19.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 19.6
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 20
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 21
Step 21.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 21.2
Simplify the result.
Step 21.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 21.2.1.1
The exact value of is .
Step 21.2.1.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 21.2.1.3
Rewrite as .
Step 21.2.1.3.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 21.2.1.3.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 21.2.1.3.3
Combine and .
Step 21.2.1.3.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 21.2.1.3.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 21.2.1.3.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 21.2.1.3.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 21.2.1.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 21.2.1.5
The exact value of is .
Step 21.2.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 21.2.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 21.2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 21.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 21.2.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 21.2.5
Add and .
Step 21.2.6
The final answer is .
Step 22
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 23
Step 23.1
Simplify each term.
Step 23.1.1
Multiply .
Step 23.1.1.1
Combine and .
Step 23.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 23.1.2
Subtract full rotations of until the angle is greater than or equal to and less than .
Step 23.1.3
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the third quadrant.
Step 23.1.4
The exact value of is .
Step 23.1.5
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 23.1.5.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 23.1.5.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 23.1.5.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 23.1.6
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant.
Step 23.1.7
The exact value of is .
Step 23.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 23.3
Combine and .
Step 23.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 23.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 23.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 23.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 23.6
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 24
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 25
Step 25.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 25.2
Simplify the result.
Step 25.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 25.2.1.1
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 25.2.1.2
The exact value of is .
Step 25.2.1.3
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 25.2.1.3.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 25.2.1.3.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 25.2.1.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 25.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 25.2.1.6
Rewrite as .
Step 25.2.1.6.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 25.2.1.6.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 25.2.1.6.3
Combine and .
Step 25.2.1.6.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 25.2.1.6.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 25.2.1.6.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 25.2.1.6.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 25.2.1.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 25.2.1.8
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant.
Step 25.2.1.9
The exact value of is .
Step 25.2.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 25.2.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 25.2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 25.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 25.2.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 25.2.5
Add and .
Step 25.2.6
The final answer is .
Step 26
These are the local extrema for .
is a local minima
is a local minima
is a local maxima
is a local maxima
Step 27