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r-ruslan [8.4K]
3 years ago
7

Why is the notation startfraction dy over dx endfraction used to represent the​ derivative?

Mathematics
1 answer:
kkurt [141]3 years ago
8 0

We know \frac{dy}{dx} expression is used for represent the​ derivative.

Actually, derivative is the second name of " Rate of Change".

And if we read \frac{dy}{dx}, it represents the "Rate of change of y with respect to x".

In simple words, a derivative is the rate of change or slope of a very small portion of a function.

dy represents very small change in y-coordinate and dx  represents very small change in x-coordinate.

Because deriviate is the second name of " a very small rate of change".

We use \frac{dx}{xy} to represent the​ derivative.


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