zagle1772 — 10/28/2025, 2:15:32 PM

bro i keep forgetting the g’(x) when i’m doing my calculus homework

like i understand how the chain rule works i just don’t remember to use it half the time

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wahsp:

I’m on like day 1500 of never having to use the chain rule ever again and loving life

10/28/2025, 2:20:24 PM
zagle1772:

good 4 u

10/28/2025, 2:39:41 PM
geo:

easier to think in d/dx notation imo

10/28/2025, 2:20:15 PM
zagle1772:

wdym? you can’t leave it in d/dx if the problem asks you to take the derivative

10/28/2025, 2:39:32 PM
geo:

no idea what iwas getting at, but I find dx/du x du/dy → dx/dy far easier to understand and visualise in equation than with the f’() stuff

10/28/2025, 4:39:20 PM
zagle1772:

okay i’m very confused now (it’s probably that i just haven’t learned it that way)

i was thinking of the h(x)=f(g(x)) h’(x)=f’(g(x))g’(x)

10/28/2025, 6:32:07 PM
geo:

yea i wrote it out wrong and explained it terribly, look up Leibniz's notation and then chain rule and it will make sense, personally I find it more intuitive but honestly i dotn even know why that was relevant to ur post at all lamo

10/28/2025, 7:26:11 PM
zagle1772:

no i understand it i just forget to use it right

10/29/2025, 1:05:19 AM
geo:

.-. idk just remember 2 use it

10/29/2025, 6:25:32 PM