Chain Rule for Related Rates

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If two differentiable quantities x and y both vary with time t, then

$$\frac{dy}{dt} = \frac{dy}{dx} \cdot \frac{dx}{dt}$$

where y is considered a differentiable function of x, which in turn depends on t.

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