Chain Rule
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The derivative of the composition of two functions is given by the chain rule, which states that the derivative of 
is 
. The graphs of 
and its derivative are colored blue and purple. The tangent to 
at the red point is the green line.
Contributed by: Ed Pegg Jr (April 2007)
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