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The recent thread about the chalkboard math from the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" reminded me of a photo from the current Discover magazine (July/August) advertising a calculus course. I asked my son (recent AP calc student) what was wrong in this picture. Took him about 5 seconds to see the omission. Not that I'm perfect on a chalkboard (or white board) either, but it's a fun past-time to spot these things. Any others out there?
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I believe the middle formula should be
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"I asked my son (recent AP calc student) what was wrong in this picture. Took him about 5 seconds to see the omission. Not that I'm perfect on a chalkboard (or white board) either, but it's a fun past-time to spot these things"
The derivation looked fine, assuming that the function was f(x) = x2. Was it the missing hash mark from the second "f(x)"?
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Was it the missing hash mark from the second "f(x)"?
I´d have mentioned the same thing... mostly because the thread refers to an omission. The second line of the derivative evaluation should start with
f'(x)=
instead of
f(x)=
Luiz (Brazil)
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