Re: Chain rule
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg24578] Re: Chain rule
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:56:10 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, Dt[2*t^2 - 1]/Dt[2t + 5] ? Regards Jens Claude wrote: > > Hello, > > I am just trying to solve: > dy/dx when x = 2t + 5 and y = 2t^2 - 1. > > Can it be done directly by Mathematica or do I have to solve dy/dt and > dx/dt and finally divide dy/dt by dx/dt? > > I tried posing x = 2t + 5 and y = 2t^2 - 1 and ask solve for D [y,x], but > that does not evaluate properly (the answer is 2t). I would have thought > that Mathematica would have used the chain rule automatically. > > Thanks for your help,