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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Write as a function.
Step 2
Step 2.1
Find the first derivative.
Step 2.1.1
Differentiate.
Step 2.1.1.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.1.1.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.1.2
Evaluate .
Step 2.1.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.1.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.1.3
Evaluate .
Step 2.1.3.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.1.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2
Find the second derivative.
Step 2.2.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.2
Evaluate .
Step 2.2.2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.3
Evaluate .
Step 2.2.3.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.4
Evaluate .
Step 2.2.4.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.3
The second derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Set the second derivative equal to .
Step 3.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.4
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.5
Factor out of .
Step 3.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.3.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.3.3.1
Divide by .
Step 3.4
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Step 3.5
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Step 3.6
Simplify.
Step 3.6.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.6.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.6.1.2
Multiply .
Step 3.6.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.6.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 3.6.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.6.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 3.6.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 3.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.3
Simplify .
Step 3.7
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 3.7.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.7.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.7.1.2
Multiply .
Step 3.7.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.7.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 3.7.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.7.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 3.7.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 3.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.3
Simplify .
Step 3.7.4
Change the to .
Step 3.8
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 3.8.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.8.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.8.1.2
Multiply .
Step 3.8.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.8.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.8.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.8.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 3.8.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.8.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 3.8.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 3.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.8.3
Simplify .
Step 3.8.4
Change the to .
Step 3.9
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Substitute in to find the value of .
Step 4.1.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 4.1.2
Simplify the result.
Step 4.1.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.2.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.1.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.2
Simplify by adding and subtracting.
Step 4.1.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 4.2
The point found by substituting in is . This point can be an inflection point.
Step 4.3
Substitute in to find the value of .
Step 4.3.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 4.3.2
Simplify the result.
Step 4.3.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.2.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.2.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.1.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.2
Simplify by adding and subtracting.
Step 4.3.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 4.3.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 4.3.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 4.4
The point found by substituting in is . This point can be an inflection point.
Step 4.5
Determine the points that could be inflection points.
Step 5
Split into intervals around the points that could potentially be inflection points.
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
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2
Simplify by adding and subtracting.
Step 6.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 6.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 6.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 6.3
At , the second derivative is . Since this is positive, the second derivative is increasing on the interval .
Increasing on since
Increasing on since
Step 7
Step 7.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 7.2
Simplify the result.
Step 7.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 7.2.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.2
Simplify by adding and subtracting.
Step 7.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 7.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 7.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 7.3
At , the second derivative is . Since this is negative, the second derivative is decreasing on the interval
Decreasing on since
Decreasing on since
Step 8
Step 8.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 8.2
Simplify the result.
Step 8.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 8.2.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 8.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.2
Simplify by adding and subtracting.
Step 8.2.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 8.2.2.2
Add and .
Step 8.2.3
The final answer is .
Step 8.3
At , the second derivative is . Since this is positive, the second derivative is increasing on the interval .
Increasing on since
Increasing on since
Step 9
An inflection point is a point on a curve at which the concavity changes sign from plus to minus or from minus to plus. The inflection points in this case are .
Step 10