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Problem For differentiable functions x ( t ) x(t) x ( t ) and y ( t ) y(t) y ( t ) with d x d t ≠ 0 \dfrac{dx}{dt}\neq 0 d t d x = 0 , which of the following expressions is equal to d 2 y d x 2 \dfrac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}} d x 2 d 2 y ?
a) ( d y d t ) ( d 2 x d t 2 ) ( d x d t ) 3 \displaystyle \frac{\left(\dfrac{dy}{dt}\right)\left(\dfrac{d^{2}x}{dt^{2}}\right)}{\left(\dfrac{dx}{dt}\right)^{3}} ( d t d x ) 3 ( d t d y ) ( d t 2 d 2 x )
b) d d t ( d y d x ) d x d t \displaystyle \frac{\dfrac{d}{dt}\!\left(\dfrac{dy}{dx}\right)}{\dfrac{dx}{dt}} d t d x d t d ( d x d y )
c) d 2 y d t 2 ( d x d t ) 2 \displaystyle \frac{\dfrac{d^{2}y}{dt^{2}}}{\left(\dfrac{dx}{dt}\right)^{2}} ( d t d x ) 2 d t 2 d 2 y
d) d d t ( d y d x ) d 2 x d t 2 \displaystyle \frac{\dfrac{d}{dt}\!\left(\dfrac{dy}{dx}\right)}{\dfrac{d^{2}x}{dt^{2}}} d t 2 d 2 x d t d ( d x d y )
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