How can I Taylor expand the following expression.

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Given the function $f(h) = \rho gh - \sigma \big\{ \frac{h^{''}}{(1+(h^{'})^2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} \big\}$

assuming I am incrementing $h$ by $\phi$. that is

$f(h + \phi) = \rho g(h + \phi) - \sigma \big\{ \frac{(h + \phi)^{''}}{(1+((h + \phi)^{'})^2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} \big\}$.

Please I need help in understanding the step by step Taylor expansion of the above equation to arrive at the following result:

$f(h + \phi) = f(h) + \rho g\phi - \sigma \big\{ \frac{\frac{-3}{2}h^{'}h^{''}\phi ^{'}}{(1+(h^{'})^2)^{\frac{5}{2}}} + \frac{\phi ^{''}}{(1+(h^{'})^2)^{\frac{3}{2}}} \big \}$

Thanks in advance