9.2.6 Determine the first derivative of composite function using chain rule.

Example Exercise
1
2
) 2 ( + = x y
) 2 ( 2
1 ) 2 ( 2
1
+ =
+ =
x
x
dx
dy
a
4
) 3 ( + = x y
[4(x+3)
3
]
b
5
) 2 ( + = x y
[5(x+2)
4
]
c
3
) 8 ( + = x y
[3(x+8)
2
]
2
2
) 2 3 ( + = x y
) 2 3 ( 6
3 ) 2 3 ( 2
1
+ =
+ =
x
x
dx
dy
a
4
) 3 2 ( + = x y
[8(2x+3)
3
]
b
5
) 2 4 ( + = x y
[20(4x+2)
4
]
c
3
) 8 5 ( + = x y
[15(5x+8)
2
]
3
2
) 2 ( 2 + = x y
) 2 ( 4
1 ) 2 ( 2 2
1
+ =
+ =
x
x
dx
dy
a
4
) 2 ( 5 + = x y
[20(x+2)
3
]
b
5
) 2 4 ( 3 + = x y
[60(4x+2)
4
]
c
3
) 8 2 ( 2 + = x y
[12(2x+8)
3
]
4
2
) 2 (
2
+
=
x
y
3
3
3
2
) 2 (
4
) 2 ( 4
) 2 ( 2 2
) 2 ( 2
+

=
+ =
+ =
+ =

x
x
x
dx
dy
x y
a
4
) 2 (
5
+
=
x
y
5
20
(x+2)
[- ]
b
5
) 2 (
3
+
=
x
y
6
15
(x+2)
[- ]
c
3
) 8 (
2
+
=
x
y
4
6
(x+8)
[- ]
5
3
3
3
2
2
) 2 ( 5
4
5
) 2 ( 4
1
5
) 2 ( 2
2
5
) 2 ( 2
) 2 ( 5
2
+

=
+
=

+
=
+
=
+
=

x
x
x
dx
dy
x
y
x
y
a
3
) 5 ( 4
3
+
=
x
y

4
9
4( x+5)
[- ]
b
6
) 3 2 ( 5
4

=
x
y
7
24
5(2x-3)
[- ]
c
4
) 4 3 ( 2
5

=
x
y
5
10
(3x-4)
[ ]
Differentiation 9