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You Have 90 Seconds

November 22, 2017Original blog post

A confident student meets a test asking for a proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus in 90 seconds, and suddenly didn't study after all.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-11-22-you-have-90-seconds/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

"I studied! I'm ready for this!" → Test: "1. Prove the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus." "You have 90 seconds." → "I didn't study. I'm not ready for this."

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