• as the slope of a curve
• as a rate of change or difference quotient
• as a function
• how to calculate from the difference quotient
• power rule of differentiation
• product and quotient rules
• chain rule
• implicit differentiation
• formal definitions and theorems

The Derivative: chain rule

	The Chain Rule © Daniel R. Cole
	Statement of the chain rule, viewing the rule as describing related rates of change © Dorothy Wallace
	Statement of the chain rule, examples of compositions of functions © Dorothy Wallace
	Conposition of Functions: Stretches and Shifts © Daniel R. Cole
	Find derivative of (x3 + 1)1/2 © Dorothy Wallace
	General composition of Functions © Daniel R. Cole
	The chain rule © Dan Sloughter 2000
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