• vrek@programming.dev
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    7 days ago

    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?

    • headerfile@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      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.

      • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 days 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