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Now, multiply both sides by v.
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Now you have to know from elementary calculus that
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v times dv/dt is really d by dt of v square over 2.
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Now, I hope you guys know that much calculus,
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that when you take a derivative of a function of a function,
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namely v square over 2 is a function of v,
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and v itself is a function of t,
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then the rule for taking the derivative
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is first take the v derivative of this object,
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then take the d by dt of t, which is this one.
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On the right-hand side, I'm going to write as a dx/dt.
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This much is standard.