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Common Calculus Mistakes
Example: Chain Rule |
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The Goal
Find
The Mistake
Find the mistake:
Need a hint? Look carefully at the red part:
The Correction
An Explanation When the chain rule is applied to the composition of the (natural) exponential function f(t) = et and the function g(t), the result is:
In this case g(t) = t2, so g'(t) = 2t. |
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