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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I'm normally a fan of xkcd but I don't get this one.

Why would calculus teachers drill holes in the base of the tanks?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A common problem in many introductory calculus courses is to calculate the amount of water that drains from a container, because it introduces accumulation of change over time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

And then it's in differential equations too since the rate is actually based on the pressure which is proportional to the height of the liquid in the tank

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah ok that makes sense, more of a compsci guy then a pure math guy

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