Solve 1/x^2-4x+5

$$\frac { 1 } { x ^ { 2 } - 4 x + 5 }$$

Differentiate w.r.t. x

$$-\frac{2\left(x-2\right)}{\left(x^{2}-4x+5\right)^{2}}$$

Steps Using Chain Rule

If F is the composition of two differentiable functions f\left(u\right) and u=g\left(x\right), that is, if F\left(x\right)=f\left(g\left(x\right)\right), then the derivative of F is the derivative of f with respect to u times the derivative of g with respect to x, that is, \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(F)\left(x\right)=\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(f)\left(g\left(x\right)\right)\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(g)\left(x\right).

$$-\left(x^{2}-4x^{1}+5\right)^{-1-1}\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x}(x^{2}-4x^{1}+5)$$

The derivative of a polynomial is the sum of the derivatives of its terms. The derivative of a constant term is 0. The derivative of ax^{n} is nax^{n-1}.

$$-\left(x^{2}-4x^{1}+5\right)^{-2}\left(2x^{2-1}-4x^{1-1}\right)$$

Simplify.

$$\left(x^{2}-4x^{1}+5\right)^{-2}\left(-2x^{1}+4x^{0}\right)$$

For any term t, t^{1}=t.

$$\left(x^{2}-4x+5\right)^{-2}\left(-2x+4x^{0}\right)$$

For any term t except 0, t^{0}=1.

$$\left(x^{2}-4x+5\right)^{-2}\left(-2x+4\times 1\right)$$

For any term t, t\times 1=t and 1t=t.

$$\left(x^{2}-4x+5\right)^{-2}\left(-2x+4\right)$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{x^{2}-4x+5}$$