Chain Rule for Partial Differential Equation

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I am having trouble seeing how the chain rule gives the following result when used to solve a second order PDE.

Here are the two given characteristic equations

$E = y - x^2$ and $N = y$

We were also given the first derrivative with respect to x and asked to use the chain rule to find the second derrivative. I do not see how they got the answer they did.

$\Phi_x = -2x\Phi_E $

$\Phi_{xx}= ? $

My working gave me the follwing $\Phi_{xx} = (-2x\Phi_{EE})(-2x) = 4x^2\Phi_{EE}$

The given solution was $-2\Phi_E + 4x^2\Phi_{EE}$

Can someone explain how they got the additional term ?

Thank you