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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Draw a triangle in the plane with vertices , , and the origin. Then is the angle between the positive x-axis and the ray beginning at the origin and passing through . Therefore, is .
Step 1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.3
Simplify the expression.
Step 1.3.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 1.3.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.3.3
Use to rewrite as .
Step 1.3.4
Rewrite as .
Step 1.3.5
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 1.3.5.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.3.5.2
Combine and .
Step 1.3.5.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2
Step 2.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4
Combine and .
Step 5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6
Step 6.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2
Subtract from .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 7.2
Combine and .
Step 7.3
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 8
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 10
Add and .
Step 11
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 12
Step 12.1
Multiply by .
Step 12.2
Combine and .
Step 12.3
Factor out of .
Step 13
Step 13.1
Factor out of .
Step 13.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 13.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 14
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 15
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 16
Step 16.1
Multiply by .
Step 16.2
Combine and .
Step 16.3
Multiply by .
Step 16.4
Combine and .
Step 16.5
Move the negative in front of the fraction.