Calculus Examples

Find the Local Maxima and Minima f(x)=x/(1+x^4)
Step 1
Find the first derivative of the function.
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Step 1.1
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 1.2
Differentiate.
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Step 1.2.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.3
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.5
Add and .
Step 1.2.6
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.3.1
Move .
Step 1.3.2
Multiply by .
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Step 1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.3.3
Add and .
Step 1.4
Subtract from .
Step 1.5
Reorder terms.
Step 2
Find the second derivative of the function.
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Step 2.1
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.2
Differentiate.
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Step 2.2.1
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.2.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.7
Add and .
Step 2.3
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 2.3.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.4
Differentiate.
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Step 2.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.4.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.4.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.4.5
Simplify the expression.
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Step 2.4.5.1
Add and .
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Move to the left of .
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Multiply by .
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Simplify.
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Step 2.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.5.3
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 2.5.3.1
Simplify each term.
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Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
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Rewrite as .
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Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 2.5.3.1.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify and combine like terms.
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Simplify each term.
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 2.5.3.1.7
Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.5.3.1.8.1.1
Move .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.5.3.1.8.2.1
Move .
Step 2.5.3.1.8.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Simplify each term.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Simplify each term.
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Step 2.5.3.1.10.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by .
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Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 2.5.3.1.11.1
Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 2.5.3.1.12.1
Simplify each term.
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 2.5.3.1.12.1.2.1
Move .
Step 2.5.3.1.12.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
Step 2.5.3.3
Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Simplify the numerator.
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Step 2.5.4.1
Factor out of .
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Step 2.5.4.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Rewrite as .
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Let . Substitute for all occurrences of .
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Factor by grouping.
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Step 2.5.4.4.1
For a polynomial of the form , rewrite the middle term as a sum of two terms whose product is and whose sum is .
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Step 2.5.4.4.1.1
Factor out of .
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Rewrite as plus
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Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.5.4.4.2
Factor out the greatest common factor from each group.
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Step 2.5.4.4.2.1
Group the first two terms and the last two terms.
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Factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each group.
Step 2.5.4.4.3
Factor the polynomial by factoring out the greatest common factor, .
Step 2.5.4.5
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.5.5
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 2.5.5.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 2.5.5.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.5.5.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
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 using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 4.1.2
Differentiate.
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Step 4.1.2.1
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.2.3
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.2.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.2.5
Add and .
Step 4.1.2.6
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 4.1.3.1
Move .
Step 4.1.3.2
Multiply by .
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Step 4.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 4.1.4
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.5
Reorder terms.
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
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 5.3
Solve the equation for .
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Step 5.3.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.3.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 5.3.2.1
Divide each term in by .
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Simplify the left side.
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Step 5.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
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Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.3.2.3.1
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 5.3.3
Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.
Step 5.3.4
Simplify .
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Step 5.3.4.1
Rewrite as .
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Any root of is .
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Multiply by .
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Combine and simplify the denominator.
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Step 5.3.4.4.1
Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.4.4.4
Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Step 5.3.4.4.5.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 5.3.4.4.5.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.3.4.4.5.3
Combine and .
Step 5.3.4.4.5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 5.3.4.4.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.4.4.5.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.4.4.5.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 5.3.4.5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 5.3.4.5.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.4.5.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.3.5
The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.
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Step 5.3.5.1
First, use the positive value of the to find the first solution.
Step 5.3.5.2
Next, use the negative value of the to find the second solution.
Step 5.3.5.3
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
The domain of the expression is all real numbers except where the expression is undefined. In this case, there is no real number that makes the expression 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 the numerator.
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Step 9.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 9.1.2
Combine and .
Step 9.1.3
Apply the product rule to .
Step 9.1.4
Rewrite as .
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Step 9.1.4.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 9.1.4.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 9.1.4.3
Combine and .
Step 9.1.4.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 9.1.4.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.1.4.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.1.4.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 9.1.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.6
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 9.1.6.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.1.6.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.1.7
Divide by .
Step 9.1.8
Subtract from .
Step 9.1.9
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 9.1.9.1
Rewrite as .
Step 9.1.9.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.9.3
Rewrite as .
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Step 9.1.9.3.1
Factor out of .
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Rewrite as .
Step 9.1.9.4
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 9.1.9.5
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.10
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.11
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 9.1.11.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.1.11.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 9.1.11.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.1.11.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.2
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 9.2.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 9.2.2
Rewrite as .
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Step 9.2.2.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 9.2.2.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 9.2.2.3
Combine and .
Step 9.2.2.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 9.2.2.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.2.2.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.2.2.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 9.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.2.4
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 9.2.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.2.4.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 9.2.4.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.2.4.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.2.4.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.2.5
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 9.2.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 9.2.7
Add and .
Step 9.2.8
Apply the product rule to .
Step 9.2.9
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.2.10
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.3
Combine fractions.
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Step 9.3.1
Combine and .
Step 9.3.2
Simplify the expression.
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Step 9.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 9.3.2.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 9.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 9.5
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 9.5.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 9.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 9.5.3
Factor out of .
Step 9.5.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.5.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.6
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 9.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.6.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.6.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 9.7
Combine and .
Step 10
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 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
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 11.2.2
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 11.2.2.1
Apply the product rule to .
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Rewrite as .
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Use to rewrite as .
Step 11.2.2.2.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 11.2.2.2.3
Combine and .
Step 11.2.2.2.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 11.2.2.2.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 11.2.2.2.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 11.2.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 11.2.2.4
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 11.2.2.4.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 11.2.2.4.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 11.2.2.4.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 11.2.2.5
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 11.2.2.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 11.2.2.7
Add and .
Step 11.2.3
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 11.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 11.2.5
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 11.2.5.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 11.2.5.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 11.2.6
Combine and .
Step 11.2.7
The final answer is .
Step 12
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 13
Evaluate the second derivative.
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Step 13.1
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 13.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 13.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.1.3
Apply the product rule to .
Step 13.1.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Rewrite as .
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Raise to the power of .
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Rewrite as .
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Step 13.1.4.3.1
Factor out of .
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Rewrite as .
Step 13.1.4.4
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 13.1.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.1.6
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 13.1.6.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 13.1.6.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.1.6.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.1.6.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.1.7
Simplify each term.
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Step 13.1.7.1
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
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Apply the product rule to .
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Apply the product rule to .
Step 13.1.7.2
Raise to the power of .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite as .
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Use to rewrite as .
Step 13.1.7.4.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 13.1.7.4.3
Combine and .
Step 13.1.7.4.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.1.7.4.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.1.7.4.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 13.1.7.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.1.7.6
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 13.1.7.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.1.7.6.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.1.7.6.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.1.7.7
Divide by .
Step 13.1.8
Subtract from .
Step 13.1.9
Combine exponents.
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Step 13.1.9.1
Factor out negative.
Step 13.1.9.2
Combine and .
Step 13.1.9.3
Combine and .
Step 13.1.9.4
Multiply by .
Step 13.1.10
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 13.2
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 13.2.1
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
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Step 13.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 13.2.1.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 13.2.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.4
Rewrite as .
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Step 13.2.4.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 13.2.4.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 13.2.4.3
Combine and .
Step 13.2.4.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 13.2.4.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.2.4.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.2.4.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 13.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.2.6
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 13.2.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.2.6.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 13.2.6.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.2.6.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.2.6.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.2.7
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 13.2.8
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 13.2.9
Add and .
Step 13.2.10
Apply the product rule to .
Step 13.2.11
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.2.12
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.3
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 13.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 13.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 13.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 13.5
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 13.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 13.5.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.5.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.6
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 13.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.6.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.6.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 13.7
Combine and .
Step 13.8
Move to the left of .
Step 14
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 15
Find the y-value when .
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Step 15.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 15.2
Simplify the result.
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Step 15.2.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 15.2.2
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 15.2.2.1
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
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Step 15.2.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 15.2.2.1.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 15.2.2.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 15.2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 15.2.2.4
Rewrite as .
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Step 15.2.2.4.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 15.2.2.4.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 15.2.2.4.3
Combine and .
Step 15.2.2.4.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 15.2.2.4.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 15.2.2.4.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 15.2.2.4.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 15.2.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 15.2.2.6
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 15.2.2.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 15.2.2.6.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 15.2.2.6.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 15.2.2.6.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 15.2.2.6.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 15.2.2.7
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 15.2.2.8
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 15.2.2.9
Add and .
Step 15.2.3
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 15.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 15.2.5
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 15.2.5.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 15.2.5.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 15.2.5.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 15.2.6
Combine and .
Step 15.2.7
The final answer is .
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These are the local extrema for .
is a local maxima
is a local minima
Step 17