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This differentiation requires use of the chain rule. The first step is to differentiate the whole thing, treating the bracket as u, so u=1+2x². Therefore we are differentiating u^1/2....

First thing to do is to find the stationary point of the curve. This is done by differentiating the function and then equating to zero, as the gradient of the stationary point is zero. Setting dy/dx to ze...