And you learn multiple notations for this. For example, if you know that y is equal to f of x, you might write this as y prime. You might write this as dy dx, which you'll often hear me say is the derivative of y with respect to x, and that you could use the derivative of f with respect to x, because y is equal to our function. But then later on, especially when you start getting into differential equations, you see people start to treat this notation as an actual algebraic expression. For example, you will learn, or you might have already seen, if you're trying to solve the differential equation, the derivative of y with respect to x is equal to y, so the rate of change of y with respect to x is equal to the value of y itself. This is one of the most basic differential equations you might see. You'll see this technique where people say, well, let's just multiply both sides by dx, just treating dx like as if it's some algebraic expression.