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Plus C

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

Someone who kept losing points for forgetting the constant of integration now adds "plus C" to everything, including grocery lists.

Someone who kept losing points for forgetting the constant of integration now adds "plus C" to everything, including grocery lists.
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[1] "I'm going to the store. Need anything?" "Hmm… yogurt and OJ, plus C."

[2] "What's c?" "I kept losing points in calculus, so now I just put it after everything."

[3] "You mean 'everything plus C,' right?" "See what I mean?!"

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Calculus › Integrals › Constant of Integration
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High SchoolCalculusCollege
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