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So in this question, they said, while we have stated the chain rule, for the most part, we examine the special case of the generalized power rule, as we have been dealing only with algebraic type functions.
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Later on, we're going to consider other kinds of functions which will utilize the chain rule, and we're going to start anticipating other applications of the chain rule.
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Suppose i have y equals l of x, where the derivative of the l of x is equal to 1 over x, i want to know what is the derivative of l of x squared plus 1.
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So let's see, this is a little bit of a strange question.
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How do we take the derivative of l of x squared plus 1? well, i have to use the chain rule because x squared plus 1 sits inside of the function l.
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So what do i do? i take the derivative of my outside function, l prime, keeping the inside, the same.
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So, l prime of the quantity of x squared plus one.
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Then i multiply by the derivative of the inside.
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The derivative of the inside this time is just 2x...