Discover the Material (Total) Derivative

o BRIEF ABSTRACT

+ How does a cyclist perceive temperature changes as she pedals between two cities of different and changing temperatures? This classroom or homework exercise offers a fairly realistic and understandable application of the chain rule for partial derivatives.

o GENERAL INFORMATION

o STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

o KEYWORDS

o TEACHER NOTES

o POSSIBLE SOLUTION(S)

o ISSUES IN SOLUTION