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Shall we discuss heat transfer and other types of energy transfer, and how they apply to ouchie boo-boo formation?
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Instantaneous Ouchie Boo-boo formation: The rate of ouchie boo-boo formation as a function of time is 2 + (3)t^2. What is the instantaneous OBB formation at t = 10?
Answer:
F(x) = 3t^2 (ignore the constant 2 as it doesn't effect Instantaneous OBB formation) F'(x) = lim. --> t2 - t1 = 0
Ooops. I messed my OOB formation equation up somewhere. Grr... Well, this leaves me no choice but to get back to work. (Though I could have just used the basic formula and got 60 -- wait a second, is that right either? (is starting to feel on shaky grounds))
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I've got all of you beat. I ran into a door. But it wasn't a clear glass door. It was a large, clearly visible wooden door. That locked right as I was headed for it.
The scar it caused will be a great story for the grandchildren.
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I'm going to take the obnoxious route, and respond with information overload to a simple joke.
I think the instantaneous aspect refers to the exact moment; instead of calculating something using the average of two times. For instance, you could calculate the average slope of a quadratic function by taking two points and averaging. But that wouldn't be very good as you'd get a lot of different answers:
F(y) = x^2
(1,1) (2,4)
Slope: 3
or:
(2,4) (3,9)
Slope: 5
But instantaneous slope for x^2 is 2x!
And anyways, darn it, this isn't a "u all get pity and love" thread -- it's a "I get TONS of LOVE and PITY" thread. So there .
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