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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Find the first derivative.
Step 1.1.1
Apply basic rules of exponents.
Step 1.1.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.1.1.2
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 1.1.1.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.1.1.2.2
Combine and .
Step 1.1.1.2.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.1.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 1.1.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.1.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.1.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.1.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.1.4
Combine and .
Step 1.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.1.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.1.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.6.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.1.7
Combine fractions.
Step 1.1.7.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.1.7.2
Combine and .
Step 1.1.7.3
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.1.8
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.10
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.1.11
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.1.13
Combine fractions.
Step 1.1.13.1
Add and .
Step 1.1.13.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.13.3
Combine and .
Step 1.1.13.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2
Find the second derivative.
Step 1.2.1
Differentiate using the Constant Multiple Rule.
Step 1.2.1.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.1.2
Apply basic rules of exponents.
Step 1.2.1.2.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.2.1.2.2
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 1.2.1.2.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.2.1.2.2.2
Multiply .
Step 1.2.1.2.2.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.2.1.2.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.1.2.2.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 1.2.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.2.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.2.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.2.4
Combine and .
Step 1.2.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.2.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.2.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.6.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.2.7
Combine fractions.
Step 1.2.7.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2.7.2
Combine and .
Step 1.2.7.3
Simplify the expression.
Step 1.2.7.3.1
Move to the left of .
Step 1.2.7.3.2
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.2.7.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.7.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.7.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.7.5
Multiply.
Step 1.2.7.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.7.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.8
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.10
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.2.11
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.2.13
Combine fractions.
Step 1.2.13.1
Add and .
Step 1.2.13.2
Combine and .
Step 1.2.13.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3
The second derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Set the second derivative equal to .
Step 2.2
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 2.3
Since , there are no solutions.
No solution
No solution
Step 3
No values found that can make the second derivative equal to .
No Inflection Points