MA101: Single-Variable Calculus I

3.5: The Chain Rule

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 3: Rules for Finding Derivatives, Section 3.5: The Chain Rule" URL

  Read Section 3.5 (pages 65-69). The chain rule explains how the derivative applies to the composition of functions. Pay particular attention to Example 3.11, as it works through a derivative computation where all of the differentiation rules of this unit are applied in finding the derivative of one function.
  

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: David Jerison's "Chain Rule" Page

  Watch this video.

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 3: Rules for Finding Derivatives, Exercises 3.5, Problems 1-20, 36-39" URL

  Work through problems 1-20 and 36-39 for Exercise 3.5. When you are done, check your answers against Appendix A.