Calculus Examples

$y = x^{2}$

Step 1

Set $y$ as a function of $x$ .

$f (x) = x^{2}$

Step 2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$2 x$

Step 3

Divide each term in $2 x = 0$ by $2$ and simplify.

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Step 3.1

Divide each term in $2 x = 0$ by $2$ .

$\frac{2 x}{2} = \frac{0}{2}$

Step 3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 3.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 x}{2} = \frac{0}{2}$

Step 3.2.1.2

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{0}{2}$

Step 3.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.3.1

Divide $0$ by $2$ .

$x = 0$

Step 4

Solve the original function $f (x) = x^{2}$ at $x = 0$ .

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Step 4.1

Replace the variable $x$ with $0$ in the expression.

$f (0) = {(0)}^{2}$

Step 4.2

Simplify the result.

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Step 4.2.1

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$f (0) = 0$

Step 4.2.2

The final answer is $0$ .

$0$

Step 5

The horizontal tangent line on function $f (x) = x^{2}$ is $y = 0$ .

$y = 0$

Step 6