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Hold Still, Pal

October 8, 2019From the book Change Is the Only Constant

A mathematician with a tape measure tries to find the areas under squirming curves. Integration, as an uncooperative patient.

Transcript

[A collection of graphs with faces, the shaded regions under them squirming] "Now, hold still, pal… I just need to measure your area…"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-10-08-hold-still-pal/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Calculus › Area Under a CurveCalculus › Integrals
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