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style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We now use the Chain Rule formula:</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$&nbsp;\\large&nbsp; \\large&nbsp; \\frac{dy}{dx}=\\frac{du}{dx} \\times \\frac{dy}{du}&nbsp; &nbsp;$</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Make the appropriate substitutions into the formula:</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$ \\large&nbsp; \\frac{dy}{dx}= \\var{aCF} \\times&nbsp; \\simplify{{aP}u^({aP}-1)} $</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Which simplifies to:</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">$&nbsp;\\large&nbsp; \\frac{dy}{dx}=\\simplify{ {aCF}*{aP}u^({aP}-1) &nbsp;}$</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now, finally, we must remember that $u$ was a variable that we introduced and was not part of the original problem.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>\n<p 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