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The Intuitive Notion of the Chain Rule

The applet is written in HTML5, so it is available on tablets. The applet uses wheels connected by belts to illustrate the Chain Rule. The user may change the radius of each of the three wheels, changing the various derivatives, and may cross the belts, changing the signs of the derivatives. In addition to a statement of the Chain Rule, there are exploration questions.

Identifier: 
http://webspace.ship.edu/msrenault/GeoGebraCalculus/derivative_intuitive_chain_rule.html
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Creator(s): 
Marc Renault
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Shippensburg University
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Marc Renault