Friday, September 18, 2015

derivatives - When not to treat dy/dx as a fraction in single-variable calculus?

While I do know that dydx isn't a fraction and shouldn't be treated as such, in many situations, doing things like multiplying both sides by dx and integrating, cancelling terms, doing things like dydx=1dxdy works out just fine.



So I wanted to know: Are there any particular cases (in single-variable calculus) we have to look out for, where treating dydx as a fraction gives incorrect answers, in particular, at an introductory level?



Note: Please provide specific instances and examples where treating dydx as a fraction fails

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