# Partial derivatives

> "...this concept is nothing to be intimidated by. **Partial differentiation** is essentially just taking a multi dimensional problem and pretending that it's just a standard 1D problem when we consider each variable separately."

[Refer to Coursera: Variables, constants & context](https://www.coursera.org/learn/multivariate-calculus-machine-learning/lecture/aAgBm/variables-constants-context)
