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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 1.2
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 1.3
Differentiate.
Step 1.3.1
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 1.3.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.7
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.3.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.3.10
Add and .
Step 1.4
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 1.4.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 1.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.4.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.5
Simplify with factoring out.
Step 1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.6
Cancel the common factors.
Step 1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.6.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.7
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.8
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.9
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 1.10
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.11
Add and .
Step 1.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 1.13
Simplify the expression.
Step 1.13.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.13.2
Add and .
Step 1.14
Simplify.
Step 1.14.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.14.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.14.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.14.2.1.1
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.14.2.1.2
Simplify each term.
Step 1.14.2.1.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.14.2.1.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.14.2.1.2.2.1
Move .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.14.2.1.2.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.14.2.1.2.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.14.2.1.2.5.1
Move .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.6
Move to the left of .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.2.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.14.2.1.4
Add and .
Step 1.14.2.1.5
Simplify each term.
Step 1.14.2.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.6
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.14.2.1.7
Simplify each term.
Step 1.14.2.1.7.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.14.2.1.7.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.14.2.1.7.2.1
Move .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.14.2.1.7.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.5
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.14.2.1.7.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.14.2.1.7.6.1
Move .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.9
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.7.10
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2.1.8
Subtract from .
Step 1.14.2.1.9
Add and .
Step 1.14.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.14.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 1.14.2.4
Add and .
Step 1.14.2.5
Add and .
Step 1.14.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.3.4
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.3.5
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.3.6
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.3.7
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.4
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.5
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.6
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.7
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.8
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.9
Rewrite as .
Step 1.14.10
Factor out of .
Step 1.14.11
Rewrite as .
Step 1.14.12
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.14.13
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.14
Multiply by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.3
Differentiate.
Step 2.3.1
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 2.3.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.7
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3.8
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.10
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.3.11
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.3.13
Add and .
Step 2.4
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 2.4.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 2.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.4.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 2.5
Simplify with factoring out.
Step 2.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.5.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.5.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.5.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.6
Cancel the common factors.
Step 2.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.6.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.6.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.7
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.8
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.9
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.10
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.11
Combine fractions.
Step 2.11.1
Add and .
Step 2.11.2
Combine and .
Step 2.12
Simplify.
Step 2.12.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.12.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.12.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.12.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 2.12.3.1.1
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 2.12.3.1.2
Simplify each term.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.2.1
Move .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.2.3
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.4.1
Move .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.4.3
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.5
Move to the left of .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.6
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.7.1
Move .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.7.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.7.3
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.8
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.9
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.2.9.1
Move .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.10
Move to the left of .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.11
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.12
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.2.13
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.3
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.4
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.5
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.6
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.7
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.12.3.1.8
Simplify.
Step 2.12.3.1.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.8.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.8.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.8.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.9
Simplify each term.
Step 2.12.3.1.9.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.9.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.9.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.10
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 2.12.3.1.11
Simplify each term.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.2.1
Move .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.2.3
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.5
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.6.1
Move .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.6.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.6.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.6.3
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.7
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.8
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.9
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.10
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.12.3.1.11.10.1
Move .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.10.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.11
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.12
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.13
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.11.14
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.12
Subtract from .
Step 2.12.3.1.13
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.14
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.1.15
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.12.3.1.16
Simplify.
Step 2.12.3.1.16.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.16.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.16.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.16.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.1.16.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.12.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.12.3.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.12.3.4
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.5
Add and .
Step 2.12.3.6
Add and .
Step 2.12.4
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.4
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.5
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.6
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.7
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.8
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.4.9
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.5
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.6
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.7
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.8
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.9
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.10
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.11
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.12
Rewrite as .
Step 2.12.13
Factor out of .
Step 2.12.14
Rewrite as .
Step 2.12.15
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3
To find the local maximum and minimum values of the function, set the derivative equal to and solve.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Find the first derivative.
Step 4.1.1
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 4.1.2
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 4.1.3
Differentiate.
Step 4.1.3.1
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 4.1.3.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.1.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.3.2
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.3.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.3.4
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.3.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.3.6
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.3.7
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.3.8
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.3.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.3.10
Add and .
Step 4.1.4
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
Step 4.1.4.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 4.1.4.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.4.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 4.1.5
Simplify with factoring out.
Step 4.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.5.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.5.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.5.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.6
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.6.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.6.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.7
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.8
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.9
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.1.10
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.11
Add and .
Step 4.1.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.1.13
Simplify the expression.
Step 4.1.13.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.13.2
Add and .
Step 4.1.14
Simplify.
Step 4.1.14.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.1.14.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.1.14.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.1
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.2.1
Move .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.2.3
Add and .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.5.1
Move .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.6
Move to the left of .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.2.8
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.4
Add and .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.5
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.6
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7
Simplify each term.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.2.1
Move .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.2.3
Add and .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.5
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.6.1
Move .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.8
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.9
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.7.10
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.8
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.14.2.1.9
Add and .
Step 4.1.14.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.14.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.1.14.2.4
Add and .
Step 4.1.14.2.5
Add and .
Step 4.1.14.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.3.4
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.3.5
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.3.6
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.3.7
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.4
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.5
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.6
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.7
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.8
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.9
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.14.10
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.14.11
Rewrite as .
Step 4.1.14.12
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.1.14.13
Multiply by .
Step 4.1.14.14
Multiply by .
Step 4.2
The first derivative of with respect to is .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Set the first derivative equal to .
Step 5.2
Graph each side of the equation. The solution is the x-value of the point of intersection.
Step 6
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
Step 9.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 9.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 9.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 9.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 9.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 9.2.8
Subtract from .
Step 9.2.9
Subtract from .
Step 9.2.10
Add and .
Step 9.2.11
Add and .
Step 9.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 9.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 9.3.3
Add and .
Step 9.3.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 9.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 9.4.2
Divide by .
Step 9.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 10
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 11
Step 11.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 11.2
Simplify the result.
Step 11.2.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 11.2.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 11.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 11.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 11.2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 11.2.2.4
Subtract from .
Step 11.2.2.5
Subtract from .
Step 11.2.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 11.2.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 11.2.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 11.2.3.3
Add and .
Step 11.2.3.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 11.2.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 11.2.4.1
Divide by .
Step 11.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 11.2.5
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
Step 13.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 13.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 13.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 13.2.8
Subtract from .
Step 13.2.9
Subtract from .
Step 13.2.10
Add and .
Step 13.2.11
Add and .
Step 13.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 13.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 13.3.3
Add and .
Step 13.3.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 13.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 13.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 13.4.2
Divide by .
Step 13.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 14
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 15
Step 15.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 15.2
Simplify the result.
Step 15.2.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 15.2.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 15.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 15.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 15.2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 15.2.2.4
Subtract from .
Step 15.2.2.5
Subtract from .
Step 15.2.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 15.2.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 15.2.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 15.2.3.3
Add and .
Step 15.2.3.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 15.2.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 15.2.4.1
Divide by .
Step 15.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 15.2.5
The final answer is .
Step 16
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 17
Step 17.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 17.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 17.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 17.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 17.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 17.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 17.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 17.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 17.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 17.2.8
Add and .
Step 17.2.9
Subtract from .
Step 17.2.10
Subtract from .
Step 17.2.11
Add and .
Step 17.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 17.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 17.3.2
Add and .
Step 17.3.3
Add and .
Step 17.3.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 17.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 17.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 17.4.2
Divide by .
Step 17.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 18
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 19
Step 19.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 19.2
Simplify the result.
Step 19.2.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 19.2.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 19.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 19.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 19.2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 19.2.2.4
Add and .
Step 19.2.2.5
Subtract from .
Step 19.2.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 19.2.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 19.2.3.2
Add and .
Step 19.2.3.3
Add and .
Step 19.2.3.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 19.2.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 19.2.4.1
Divide by .
Step 19.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 19.2.5
The final answer is .
Step 20
These are the local extrema for .
is a local minima
is a local maxima
is a local minima
Step 21