What generally spews of the mouth of a calculus student when they have no fucking clue what all the squiggly lines mean and don't happen to be Asian.
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Along the lines of an integral but much more common. To take a derivative, take something that does something and do what it does back to that same thing. For clarity see examples.
Along the lines of an integral but much more common. To take a derivative, take something that does something and do what it does back to that same thing. For clarity see examples.
A: I just took a derivative by cutting a knife.
B: Well I just took a derivative by taking a picture of a camera.
C(Math Major): What the hell are you two talking about?
B: Well I just took a derivative by taking a picture of a camera.
C(Math Major): What the hell are you two talking about?
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Yo, that old navy shirt is too derivative. It's one solid color with a horizontal line of another color.
Yo, that old navy shirt is too derivative. It's one solid color with a horizontal line of another color.
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A Star Wars version of Gangam Style being a viral derivative received an enormous 2M+ views within a week, immediately after the original Gangam Style video hit the world record of YouTube views and likes.
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Notations for a derivative include dy/dx and f'(x) (f prime of x)
2. The mathematical incarnation of Satan Himself
Notations for a derivative include dy/dx and f'(x) (f prime of x)
2. The mathematical incarnation of Satan Himself
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f(x) = 3x^3 - 4x^2 + 2x -6 //function
f'(x) = 9x^2 - 8x + 2 //first derivative
f''(x) = 18x - 8 //second derivative
f'''(x) = 18 //third derivative
2. Teacher: Today, we're going to do derivatives
Math book, as ceiling clouds over and turns red: MAY THE DEMONIC ARMIES OF HELL MARCH ACROSS YOUR MORTAL PLANE, CREATION CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION AND DRINKING THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT AND-
Math teacher: Change of plans! We're going to rock out to Zeppelin and have a LAN party on the school's sweet new laptops for the next hour!
Students: Hooray!
f(x) = 3x^3 - 4x^2 + 2x -6 //function
f'(x) = 9x^2 - 8x + 2 //first derivative
f''(x) = 18x - 8 //second derivative
f'''(x) = 18 //third derivative
2. Teacher: Today, we're going to do derivatives
Math book, as ceiling clouds over and turns red: MAY THE DEMONIC ARMIES OF HELL MARCH ACROSS YOUR MORTAL PLANE, CREATION CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION AND DRINKING THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT AND-
Math teacher: Change of plans! We're going to rock out to Zeppelin and have a LAN party on the school's sweet new laptops for the next hour!
Students: Hooray!
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