Solve \sigma = q/a

Simplify

σ = \frac{q}{a}

Find the first partial derivative by treating the variable a as a constant and differentiating with respect to q

\frac{\partial σ}{\partial q} = \frac{\partial}{\partial q} (\frac{q}{a})

Use differentiation rule \frac{\partial}{\partial x} (\frac{f ( x )}{g ( x )}) = \frac{\frac{\partial}{\partial x} ( f ( x )) \times g ( x ) - f ( x ) \times \frac{\partial}{\partial x} ( g ( x ) )}{( g ( x ) ) ^{2}}

\frac{\partial σ}{\partial q} = \frac{\frac{\partial}{\partial q} ( q ) a - q \times \frac{\partial}{\partial q} ( a )}{a ^{2}}

Use \frac{\partial}{\partial x} x^{n} = n x^{n - 1} to find derivative

\frac{\partial σ}{\partial q} = \frac{1 \times a - q \times \frac{\partial}{\partial q} ( a )}{a ^{2}}

Use \frac{\partial}{\partial x} (c) = 0 to find derivative

\frac{\partial σ}{\partial q} = \frac{1 \times a - q \times 0}{a ^{2}}

Any expression multiplied by 1 remains the same

\frac{\partial σ}{\partial q} = \frac{a - q \times 0}{a ^{2}}

Any expression multiplied by 0 equals 0

\frac{\partial σ}{\partial q} = \frac{a - 0}{a ^{2}}

Removing 0 doesn't change the value,so remove it from the expression

\frac{\partial σ}{\partial q} = \frac{a}{a ^{2}}

Solution

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\frac{\partial σ}{\partial q} = \frac{1}{a}

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