Calculus Examples

Find the Local Maxima and Minima f(x)=x^2-8 natural log of x
Step 1
Find the first derivative of the function.
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Step 1.1
Differentiate.
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Step 1.1.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2
Evaluate .
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Step 1.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.3
Combine and .
Step 1.2.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2
Find the second derivative of the function.
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Step 2.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2
Evaluate .
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Step 2.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.3
Evaluate .
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Step 2.3.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2.3.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.4
Simplify.
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Step 2.4.1
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 2.4.2
Combine and .
Step 2.4.3
Reorder terms.
Step 3
To find the local maximum and minimum values of the function, set the derivative equal to and solve.
Step 4
Find the first derivative.
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Step 4.1
Find the first derivative.
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Step 4.1.1
Differentiate.
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Step 4.1.1.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.1.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.2
Evaluate .
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Step 4.1.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.2.3
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.2
The first derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5
Set the first derivative equal to then solve the equation .
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Step 5.1
Set the first derivative equal to .
Step 5.2
Find the LCD of the terms in the equation.
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Step 5.2.1
Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.
Step 5.2.2
The LCM of one and any expression is the expression.
Step 5.3
Multiply each term in by to eliminate the fractions.
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Step 5.3.1
Multiply each term in by .
Step 5.3.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.3.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.3.2.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.3.2.1.1.1
Move .
Step 5.3.2.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.2.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.2.1.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 5.3.2.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.3.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.4
Solve the equation.
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Step 5.4.1
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 5.4.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 5.4.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.4.2.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.4.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.4.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.4.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.4.2.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.4.2.3.1
Divide by .
Step 5.4.3
Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.
Step 5.4.4
Simplify .
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Step 5.4.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.4.4.2
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 5.4.5
The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.
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Step 5.4.5.1
First, use the positive value of the to find the first solution.
Step 5.4.5.2
Next, use the negative value of the to find the second solution.
Step 5.4.5.3
The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.
Step 6
Find the values where the derivative is undefined.
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Step 6.1
Set the denominator in equal to to find where the expression is undefined.
Step 7
Critical points to evaluate.
Step 8
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 9
Evaluate the second derivative.
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Step 9.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 9.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.2
Divide by .
Step 9.2
Add and .
Step 10
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 11
Find the y-value when .
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Step 11.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 11.2
Simplify the result.
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Step 11.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 11.2.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 11.2.1.2
Simplify by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 11.2.1.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 11.2.2
The final answer is .
Step 12
These are the local extrema for .
is a local minima
Step 13