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Originally Posted by Nickosport
@ CSG Mike coming in with a calculus lesson!
But seriously, calculus has a lot of uses in system dynamics like situation:
Differentiate position with respect to time ->velocity
Differentiate velocity with respect to time ->acceleration
Differentiate acceleration with respect to time ->jerk
Source: Im a Mechanical Engineer, and they beat this sh** into your head in school. |
I hated calculus with a passion. Then I got into cars, and wished I had actually paid attention in my first and second year (engineering, because the curve was friendlier) physics classes, instead of "doing enough for the grade and understand enough for the MCAT".
Sometimes I wonder if I should have gone into engineering or computer science or a combination of, because I wonder how much deeper an understanding I would have of these interactions with respect to vehicle dynamics.
I'm afraid your post will go over the heads of many people here... :p