Chapter 14 · Partial Derivatives
14.06
The Chain Rule
When the inputs depend on other variables, add up the contributions of every path through the tree of dependencies.
About 15 minutes
You'll learn to
- →Apply the chain rule when x and y depend on t
- →Apply it when they depend on two variables
- →Use tree diagrams
- →Differentiate implicitly with dy/dx = −Fₓ/F_y