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Calculus Examples
Step 1
Set as a function of .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 2.2
Differentiate.
Step 2.2.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.3
Add and .
Step 2.2.4
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.5
Move to the left of .
Step 2.2.6
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.8
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.9
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.10
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.11
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.12
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.13
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 2.2.14
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.15
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 2.2.16
Add and .
Step 2.3
Simplify.
Step 2.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.3.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.3.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.3.5
Combine terms.
Step 2.3.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.5.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.5.8
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 2.3.5.9
Add and .
Step 2.3.5.10
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.11
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5.12
Subtract from .
Step 2.3.5.13
Add and .
Step 2.3.5.14
Add and .
Step 2.3.5.15
Subtract from .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.4
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.5
Factor out of .
Step 3.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.2.3.1
Divide by .
Step 3.3
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Step 3.4
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Step 3.5
Simplify.
Step 3.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.5.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.1.2
Multiply .
Step 3.5.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.5.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.5.1.3
Add and .
Step 3.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.6
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 3.6.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.6.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.6.1.2
Multiply .
Step 3.6.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.1.3
Add and .
Step 3.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.3
Change the to .
Step 3.7
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 3.7.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.7.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.7.1.2
Multiply .
Step 3.7.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.1.3
Add and .
Step 3.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.7.3
Change the to .
Step 3.8
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 4.2
Simplify the result.
Step 4.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 4.2.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.1.5
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.2.1.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.5.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.5.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.6
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.2.1.6.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.1.6.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.6.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 4.2.1.6.1.3
Combine using the product rule for radicals.
Step 4.2.1.6.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.6.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.1.6.1.6
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 4.2.1.6.2
Add and .
Step 4.2.1.6.3
Add and .
Step 4.2.1.7
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 4.2.1.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.2.1.7.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.7.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.1.8
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.8.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.8.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.8.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.8.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.1.9
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.2
Find the common denominator.
Step 4.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.3
Write as a fraction with denominator .
Step 4.2.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.3
Simplify terms.
Step 4.2.3.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.3.2
Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.3.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.3.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.3.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.3.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.3.3
Simplify terms.
Step 4.2.3.3.1
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.3.3.2
Add and .
Step 4.2.3.3.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.3.3.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.3.3.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.3.3.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.3.3.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.3.3.5
Simplify the expression.
Step 4.2.3.3.5.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 4.2.3.3.5.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.4
Add and .
Step 4.2.5
Multiply .
Step 4.2.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.6
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.2.6.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.6.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.6.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.7
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.2.7.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.7.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.7.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.7.1.3
Multiply .
Step 4.2.7.1.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.7.1.3.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.2.7.1.3.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.2.7.1.3.4
Add and .
Step 4.2.7.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.7.1.4.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 4.2.7.1.4.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.2.7.1.4.3
Combine and .
Step 4.2.7.1.4.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.7.1.4.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.7.1.4.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.7.1.4.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 4.2.7.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.7.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.7.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.8
The final answer is .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Replace the variable with in the expression.
Step 5.2
Simplify the result.
Step 5.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.1.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.1.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.1.5
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 5.2.1.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.1.5.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.1.5.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.1.6
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 5.2.1.6.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.1.6.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.4
Multiply .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.4.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.4.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.4.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.2.1.6.1.4.6
Add and .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.5.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.5.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.5.3
Combine and .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.1.6.1.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.1.6.1.5.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.1.6.1.5.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 5.2.1.6.2
Add and .
Step 5.2.1.6.3
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.1.7
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.2.1.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.1.7.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.1.7.3
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.1.7.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.2.1.7.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.1.7.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.1.7.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.1.8
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.1.8.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.1.8.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.1.8.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.1.8.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.1.9
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.2
Find the common denominator.
Step 5.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.2.3
Write as a fraction with denominator .
Step 5.2.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3
Simplify terms.
Step 5.2.3.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.2.3.2
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.3.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.2.3
Multiply .
Step 5.2.3.2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.2.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.2.6
Move to the left of .
Step 5.2.3.3
Simplify terms.
Step 5.2.3.3.1
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.3.3.2
Add and .
Step 5.2.3.3.3
Add and .
Step 5.2.3.3.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.3.3.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.3.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.3.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.3.5
Simplify the expression.
Step 5.2.3.3.5.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 5.2.3.3.5.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.2.4
Add and .
Step 5.2.5
Multiply .
Step 5.2.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.6
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 5.2.6.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.6.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.6.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.7
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 5.2.7.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.7.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.1.4
Multiply .
Step 5.2.7.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.1.4.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.7.1.4.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.7.1.4.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.2.7.1.4.5
Add and .
Step 5.2.7.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.7.1.5.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 5.2.7.1.5.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.2.7.1.5.3
Combine and .
Step 5.2.7.1.5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.7.1.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.7.1.5.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.7.1.5.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 5.2.7.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.7.3
Add and .
Step 5.2.8
The final answer is .
Step 6
The horizontal tangent lines on function are .
Step 7