Probability Amplitude Homework: Showing Definition of Time Derivative

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Homework Statement


Show, using the definition, that ##\frac{d}{dt}\langle \emptyset(t)|\psi(t)\rangle=\langle \frac{d}{dt}\emptyset(t)|\psi(t)\rangle+\langle \emptyset(t)|\frac{d}{dt}\psi(t)\rangle##

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I'm looking at this and I have no idea where to begin. Could someone please help me with how I'm supposed to start this. Any help would be much appreciated.
 
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The (unstated) definition i question likely provides one of the relevant equations. Beyond that, it looks like a bit of calculus.
 
It doesn't state what the definition is but based on the ##\psi(t)## I'd guess its somthing to do with the wave function. I'm thinking that the question isn't as complicated as I thought and its just the product rule.
 
What is the definition of ##\left< \phi \left(x,t\right) | \psi \left(x,t\right) \right>##?
 
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Hi George I found a solution to the problem, thanks for the help.
 
To solve this, I first used the units to work out that a= m* a/m, i.e. t=z/λ. This would allow you to determine the time duration within an interval section by section and then add this to the previous ones to obtain the age of the respective layer. However, this would require a constant thickness per year for each interval. However, since this is most likely not the case, my next consideration was that the age must be the integral of a 1/λ(z) function, which I cannot model.
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