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An honest-to-goodness explanation of why calculus works: In short, it’s because when you zoom in on curves (infinitely far), they become straight.

It’s the fancy calculus version of adding up small parts of something to get the total.

The second big calculus idea: integration.

A derivative is basically just the fancy calculus version of a slope and it’s a simple rate - a this per that.

The first of the two big ideas in calculus: differentiation, which means finding a derivative.

Examples of where you might see calculus at work in the real world: curving cables, curving domes, and the curving path of a spacecraft.

Hint: it’s got a lot to do with curves and with things that are constantly changing.

A brief and straightforward explanation of just what calculus is.

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