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Mathematical Expression Editor
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Objectives:
1.
Understand when to use the chain rule.
2.
Know how to use the chain rule to compute partial derivatives of
the composition of functions.
3.
Understand how the formula for implicit differentiation follows from
the chain rule.
4.
Be able to compute partials of implicit functions.
Recap Video
You can watch watch the following video which recaps the ideas of the
section.
Chain Rule Recap
Implicit Differentiation Recap
Examples
Below is a video showing an example of using the chain rule.
If and , , and ,
evaluate and .
Below is a video showing an example of using implicit differentiation.
Find
and when .
Problems
Suppose , with , , . Evaluate at the point .
The chain rule says
The -value corresponding to the point is . Plugging in , , , and the above
-value into gives
Suppose , and let . Let . Evaluate when and .
The chain rule says
When and , we get , , and . Plugging in all these values, we get
Suppose . Evaluate at the point .
From the phrasing of the problem, we see
that is a
variable, is a
variable, and is a
variable. Let , so that the problem says
Using the chain rule to differentiate both sides of the equation with respect
to gives
We calculate:
Therefore,
Plugging in , , and gives:
If , then at the point is equal to .
Here, is the dependent variable, and
and are the independent variables, so the equation reads .
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