Solve alpha = a/r

Simplify

α = \frac{a}{r}

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

\frac{\partial α}{\partial a} = \frac{\partial}{\partial a} (\frac{a}{r})

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 α}{\partial a} = \frac{\frac{\partial}{\partial a} ( a ) r - a \times \frac{\partial}{\partial a} ( r )}{r ^{2}}

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

\frac{\partial α}{\partial a} = \frac{1 \times r - a \times \frac{\partial}{\partial a} ( r )}{r ^{2}}

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

\frac{\partial α}{\partial a} = \frac{1 \times r - a \times 0}{r ^{2}}

Any expression multiplied by 1 remains the same

\frac{\partial α}{\partial a} = \frac{r - a \times 0}{r ^{2}}

Any expression multiplied by 0 equals 0

\frac{\partial α}{\partial a} = \frac{r - 0}{r ^{2}}

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

\frac{\partial α}{\partial a} = \frac{r}{r ^{2}}

Solution

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\frac{\partial α}{\partial a} = \frac{1}{r}

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