Solving a differential equation with substitution

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This is a small part of a question from the book, so I think the format does not really apply here.

When doing questions for solving differential equation with substitution, I encountered a substitution ##
y(x)=\frac{1}{v(x)} ##. And I am not sure about the calculus in finding ## \frac{dy}{dx} ## in terms of ## \frac{dv}{dx} ## .

I guess I can post the whole question if the format is really mandatory but this is the only part I can't figure out.

Thanks in advance!
 
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BearY said:
This is a small part of a question from the book, so I think the format does not really apply here.

When doing questions for solving differential equation with substitution, I encountered a substitution ##
y(x)=\frac{1}{v(x)} ##. And I am not sure about the calculus in finding ## \frac{dy}{dx} ## in terms of ## \frac{dv}{dx} ## .

I guess I can post the whole question if the format is really mandatory but this is the only part I can't figure out.

Thanks in advance!

It's the chain rule. Let ##f(x) = 1/x##, then:

##y(x) = f(v(x))##
 
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PeroK said:
It's the chain rule. Let ##f(x) = 1/x##, then:

##y(x) = f(v(x))##

Haha, right. I guess I should stop and get some rest.
 
BearY said:
I guess I can post the whole question if the format is really mandatory
Yes, it's really mandatory, but I'll let things slide this time.
 
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