Partial derivatives with Einstein summation

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Can someone help me to prove this statement? Or provide argumentation why it holds.

$$\frac{\partial x^a}{\partial x^{b'}}\frac{\partial x^{b'}}{\partial x^c}=\delta^{a}_{b}$$

It uses the Einstein summation convention - if an index is repeated, we assume the quantity is summed over. The superscripts denote indices, not exponents. The $x'$ are a different coordinate system from the $x$.

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If $x^a = x^a(x')$ then using the chain-rule

$$ \delta_b^a = \frac{\partial x^a}{\partial x^b} = \frac{\partial x^a}{\partial x'^c}\frac{\partial x'^c}{\partial x^b} $$