Calculus Examples

$\frac{16 x}{x^{2} + 4}$

Step 1

Since $16$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $\frac{16 x}{x^{2} + 4}$ with respect to $x$ is $16 \frac{d}{d x} [\frac{x}{x^{2} + 4}]$ .

$16 \frac{d}{d x} [\frac{x}{x^{2} + 4}]$

Step 2

Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [\frac{f (x)}{g (x)}]$ is $\frac{g (x) \frac{d}{d x} [f (x)] - f (x) \frac{d}{d x} [g (x)]}{{g (x)}^{2}}$ where $f (x) = x$ and $g (x) = x^{2} + 4$ .

$16 \frac{(x^{2} + 4) \frac{d}{d x} [x] - x \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2} + 4]}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 3

Differentiate.

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Step 3.1

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$16 \frac{(x^{2} + 4) \cdot 1 - x \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2} + 4]}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 3.2

Multiply $x^{2} + 4$ by $1$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - x \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2} + 4]}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 3.3

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $x^{2} + 4$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [4]$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - x (\frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [4])}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 3.4

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - x (2 x + \frac{d}{d x} [4])}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 3.5

Since $4$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $4$ with respect to $x$ is $0$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - x (2 x + 0)}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 3.6

Simplify the expression.

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Step 3.6.1

Add $2 x$ and $0$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - x (2 x)}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 3.6.2

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - 2 x \cdot x}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 4

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - 2 (x^{1} x)}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 5

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - 2 (x^{1} x^{1})}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 6

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - 2 x^{1 + 1}}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 7

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$16 \frac{x^{2} + 4 - 2 x^{2}}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 8

Subtract $2 x^{2}$ from $x^{2}$ .

$16 \frac{- x^{2} + 4}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 9

Combine $16$ and $\frac{- x^{2} + 4}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$ .

$\frac{16 (- x^{2} + 4)}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 10

Simplify.

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Step 10.1

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{16 (- x^{2}) + 16 \cdot 4}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 10.2

Simplify each term.

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Step 10.2.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $16$ .

$\frac{- 16 x^{2} + 16 \cdot 4}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$

Step 10.2.2

Multiply $16$ by $4$ .

$\frac{- 16 x^{2} + 64}{{(x^{2} + 4)}^{2}}$