• vrek@programming.dev
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    2 months 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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      2 months 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.