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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Differentiate both sides of the equation.
Step 2
Step 2.1
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 2.1.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.1.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.1.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.2
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.3
Rewrite as .
Step 2.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.6
Simplify.
Step 2.6.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 2.6.2
Reorder the factors of .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 3.2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.2.2
The derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.3
Differentiate.
Step 3.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.3.2
Combine fractions.
Step 3.3.2.1
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.3.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.3.2.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 3.3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.3.4
Combine fractions.
Step 3.3.4.1
Combine and .
Step 3.3.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.5
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.6
Multiply by .
Step 3.4
Simplify.
Step 3.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.4.2
Combine terms.
Step 3.4.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.4.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.4.3
Reorder terms.
Step 3.4.4
Factor out of .
Step 3.4.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.4.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.4.4.3
Factor out of .
Step 4
Reform the equation by setting the left side equal to the right side.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Multiply each term in by to eliminate the fractions.
Step 5.1.1
Multiply each term in by .
Step 5.1.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.1.2.1
Simplify the denominator.
Step 5.1.2.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.1.3
Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
Step 5.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.3
Combine fractions.
Step 5.1.2.3.1
Combine and simplify the denominator.
Step 5.1.2.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.1.2.3.1.5
Add and .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.6
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.6.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.6.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.6.3
Combine and .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.6.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.1.2.3.1.6.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.3.1.6.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.2.3.1.6.5
Simplify.
Step 5.1.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.3.3
Write the expression using exponents.
Step 5.1.2.3.3.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.3.3.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.4
Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
Step 5.1.2.5
Multiply .
Step 5.1.2.5.1
Combine and .
Step 5.1.2.5.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.1.2.5.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.1.2.5.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.1.2.5.5
Add and .
Step 5.1.2.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.1.2.6.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.6.1.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.6.1.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.1.2.6.1.3
Combine and .
Step 5.1.2.6.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.1.2.6.1.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.6.1.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.2.6.1.5
Simplify.
Step 5.1.2.6.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 5.1.2.6.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.1.2.6.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.1.2.6.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.1.2.6.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.5.1
Move .
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.6.1
Move .
Step 5.1.2.6.3.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.1.2.6.3.2
Add and .
Step 5.1.2.6.3.3
Add and .
Step 5.1.2.6.4
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.6.5
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.2.6.6
Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
Step 5.1.2.6.7
Remove unnecessary parentheses.
Step 5.1.2.7
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.1.2.7.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.1.2.7.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.7.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.2.7.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.1.2.7.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.2.7.2.2
Divide by .
Step 5.1.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.1.3.1
Write the expression using exponents.
Step 5.1.3.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.3.1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.1.3.2
Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
Step 5.1.3.3
Combine and .
Step 5.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.3.3.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.3.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.3
Simplify terms.
Step 5.3.3.3.1
Combine and .
Step 5.3.3.3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.3.4
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.3.3.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.4.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.3.3.4.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.3.3.4.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.4.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.5
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 5.3.3.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.7
Reorder factors in .
Step 6
Replace with .