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https://xkcd.com/2974/

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[-] vrek@programming.dev 13 points 6 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 50 points 6 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 2 points 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

[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago

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

[-] Furball@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

Everyone knows calculus teachers hate tanks with a passion

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

what about tanks that have no passions

[-] Thalfon@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

We already got to those ones.

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