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Re:Stepping into math: Open-sourcing our step-by-step solver by sporkenfang on Thursday January 19, 2017 @04:30PM (#13439666)
The basic concepts of calculus (area under a curve, areas inside shapes in 1, 2, 3 dimensions, relationships between forces, etc) don't need anything more than some basic physics experiments and the ability to perceive the world around you.

Calculus can be explained in terms of algebra, sure, but it can also be explained with visualizations and with experiments (and/or you can learn the algebra at the same time).

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Re:Stepping into math: Open-sourcing our step-by-step solver by hemdawgz on Thursday January 19, 2017 @07:13PM (#13440679)
Explaining the basic concepts of calculus is very different from teaching someone to actually be able to apply them.
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Re:Stepping into math: Open-sourcing our step-by-step solver by sporkenfang on Thursday January 19, 2017 @07:46PM (#13440862)
Application of calculus to the real world, in its most basic form, is basic physics. The whole point of people who aren't planning on building on calculus with further mathematics taking calculus is to better understand the world and how it works, not to be able to derive stuff, I think.
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