Lecture 14
Lecture 14
Lecture 14
Even though we cannot nd the formula for (g f )(x) using this table, we know that (g f )(x) exists and is dierentiable by the Chain Rule, and we can nd (g f ) (1) by plugging in values from the table into the formula from the Chain Rule: (g f ) (1) = g (f (1)) f (1) = g (4) f (1) = 4 3 = 12. Notice that we did not simply multiply g (1) and f (1) together. This example should demonstrate to you that you do not need formulae for your functions in order to apply the Chain Rule at a point.