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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Step 1.2
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Step 1.3
Simplify.
Step 1.3.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.3.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.3.1.2
Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
Step 1.3.1.3
Simplify.
Step 1.3.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.3.5
Subtract from .
Step 1.3.1.3.6
Add and .
Step 1.3.1.3.7
Combine exponents.
Step 1.3.1.3.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.3.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.4
Simplify each term.
Step 1.3.1.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.5
Add and .
Step 1.3.1.6
Factor out of .
Step 1.3.1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.3.1.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.3.1.6.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.3.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.8
Rewrite as .
Step 1.3.1.8.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.3.1.8.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.3.1.8.3
Add parentheses.
Step 1.3.1.9
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 1.3.1.10
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.3
Simplify .
Step 1.4
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 1.4.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.4.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.4.1.2
Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
Step 1.4.1.3
Simplify.
Step 1.4.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.4.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.3.5
Subtract from .
Step 1.4.1.3.6
Add and .
Step 1.4.1.3.7
Combine exponents.
Step 1.4.1.3.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.3.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.4
Simplify each term.
Step 1.4.1.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.4.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.5
Add and .
Step 1.4.1.6
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.1.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.1.6.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.8
Rewrite as .
Step 1.4.1.8.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.4.1.8.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.4.1.8.3
Add parentheses.
Step 1.4.1.9
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 1.4.1.10
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.3
Simplify .
Step 1.4.4
Change the to .
Step 1.5
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 1.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.5.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.5.1.2
Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
Step 1.5.1.3
Simplify.
Step 1.5.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.1.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.5.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.1.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.1.3.5
Subtract from .
Step 1.5.1.3.6
Add and .
Step 1.5.1.3.7
Combine exponents.
Step 1.5.1.3.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.1.3.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.1.4
Simplify each term.
Step 1.5.1.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.5.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.1.5
Add and .
Step 1.5.1.6
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.1.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.1.6.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.1.8
Rewrite as .
Step 1.5.1.8.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.5.1.8.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.5.1.8.3
Add parentheses.
Step 1.5.1.9
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 1.5.1.10
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.3
Simplify .
Step 1.5.4
Change the to .
Step 1.6
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Step 2
Set each solution of as a function of .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Differentiate both sides of the equation.
Step 3.2
Differentiate the left side of the equation.
Step 3.2.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.2
Evaluate .
Step 3.2.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.3
Evaluate .
Step 3.2.3.1
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 3.2.3.1.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.2.3.1.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.2.3.1.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.2.3.2
Rewrite as .
Step 3.2.4
Evaluate .
Step 3.2.4.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.2.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.5
Evaluate .
Step 3.2.5.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.5.2
Rewrite as .
Step 3.2.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.7
Simplify.
Step 3.2.7.1
Add and .
Step 3.2.7.2
Reorder terms.
Step 3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.4
Reform the equation by setting the left side equal to the right side.
Step 3.5
Solve for .
Step 3.5.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 3.5.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 3.5.1.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 3.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.5.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.5.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.5.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.5.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.3.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.5.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.5.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.3.2.2.2
Divide by .
Step 3.5.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.5.3.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.5.3.3.1.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 3.5.3.3.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.3.1.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 3.5.3.3.1.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.3.3.1.1.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.5.3.3.1.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.5.3.3.1.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 3.5.3.3.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.3.1.3.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 3.5.3.3.1.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.3.3.1.3.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.5.3.3.2
Simplify terms.
Step 3.5.3.3.2.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.5.3.3.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.3.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.3.2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.3.2.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.3.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.3.2.4
Rewrite as .
Step 3.5.3.3.2.5
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.3.2.6
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.5.3.3.2.6.1
Rewrite as .
Step 3.5.3.3.2.6.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.6
Replace with .
Step 4
Step 4.1
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 4.2
Solve the equation for .
Step 4.2.1
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 4.2.1.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 4.2.1.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.2.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 4.2.1.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.2.1.3.1
Divide by .
Step 4.2.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 5.2
Simplify the result.
Step 5.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.2.1.4
Any root of is .
Step 5.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.2
Add and .
Step 5.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 6
Step 6.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 6.2
Simplify the result.
Step 6.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 6.2.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.4
Any root of is .
Step 6.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 7
The horizontal tangent lines are
Step 8