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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zakath" data-source="post: 239037" data-attributes="member: 5144">Ok...its alittle embarassing that im in Calculus and i forgot how to handle fraction exponents...lolanyways im having trouble trying to remember how factor (actually extract) them out of an equation...here is it...those of you who have a graphing calculator or know how to work one will understand this equation better...cause thats pretty much how im setting it up...F'(x) = [(X^2 + 1)^-1/2]   -  [ (X^2)(X^2 + 1)^-3/2]there is more to how i got to this step but anyways this is where i am.....i am finding the derivative...which is the equation above..but im trying to simplify it...and well i need to extract to something likeF'(x) = [ (X^2 + 1)^-3/2 ] [ (X^2 + 1)^?  -  (X^2) ]ok...well thats about as much as i can really do..cause i dont remember the rest....*laughs* ofcourse you know i can find the critcal numbers and increasing and decreasing and inflection points...but uhh i need to get through this step...if for nothing else so i know how to do it when i come across it again...lol..thanks</blockquote>