3.4 Chain Rule
Prerequisite Knowledge Product Rule Quotient Rule Power Rule Special Derivatives:
Special Derivatives
Chain Rule with Numbers
Chain Rule With Calculus Why is this helpful? Suppose you had to differentiate:
Example:
Examples
Chain Rule Some special derivatives that come from the Chain Rule:
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Applications (Day 2) Example: Air is being pumped into a spherical balloon so that the radius is increasing at a rate of 2 inches per second. At what rate is the volume increasing after 3 seconds? After 10 seconds?
Example 2 A 15 foot tall pole that was initially vertical begins to fall in such a way that the angle relative to the ground is decreasing at a rate of 3 degrees per second. At what rate is the top of the pole getting closer to the ground after 4 seconds?
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