Explain, in one concise sentence, why for differentiable parametric functions and…

MATHEMATICS · Subjective · AP · Calculus BC · Parametric, Polar, and Vector-Valued Functions · Parametric, Polar, and Vector-Valued Functions

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Explain, in one concise sentence, why for differentiable parametric functions x(t)x(t) and y(t)y(t) with dxdt≠0\frac{dx}{dt}\neq0, the derivative dydx\frac{dy}{dx} at a given value of tt equals dy/dtdx/dt\dfrac{dy/dt}{dx/dt}.

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