Chain Rule: Root of a quadratic: Find
for
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If we define the a new variable, u, as the quadratic, we can simplify the problem and then apply the Power Rule and the Chain Rule:
Let
. Then we have ![]()
We can use the Chain Rule here:
. We shall calculate the factors separately:
, and
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Now we can substitute these into the Chain Rule and get
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Finally, we wish to express the result entirely in terms of x by using the definition of u above:
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