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Unit 4: Contextual Applications of Differentiation

Introduction to Related Rates

Find how fast one quantity changes from how fast a related one changes, by differentiating the equation that links them with respect to time.

Topic 4.4 · 8 min read

This lesson comes with the AP Calculus BC plan

In this lesson

  1. 01The chain rule turns an equation into a rate equation
  2. 02The method, and when to substitute
  3. 03When the equation is a product or a quotient
  4. 04Worked examples
  5. 05Where students lose points
  6. 06On the exam

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