Question: What happens if you can write a function as a composite in different ways? Do you get the same derivative each time? The Chain Rule

What happens if you can write a function as a composite in different ways? Do you get the same derivative each time? The Chain Rule says you should. Try it with the function.

Find dy/dx if y = x3/2 by using the Chain Rule with y as a composite of

a. y = u3 and u = √x

b. y = √u and u = x3.

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