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Posted on: Thanksgiving Turkey
On November 26 at 9:15 PM by he2xu4

Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie is what is typical, but since the US is a salad bowl of people from everywhere, variations abound...... Read more

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Posted on: Thanksgiving Turkey
On November 26 at 8:45 PM by jhfjhkj

Because I didn't know why Americans eat turkey at thanksgiving day I looked it up. Here the explanation:   In 1621 when the... Read more

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On November 26 at 8:05 PM by RJ

Ah, I see but you left out the statement: "Here is a particular example, the derivative of the squaring function at the input 3. Let f(x) = x² be t... Read more

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On November 26 at 7:24 PM by mark

I think the "saved by the gong" crew should come back for a calculus course. Read more

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On November 26 at 7:23 PM by Grambers

Is this a good time to admit that I cut'n'paste this from the Wikipedia entry on calculus? I was wondering whether that most English of English fo... Read more

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On November 26 at 6:52 PM by RJ

then the equation should read f'(x²) = ..... instead of f'(3) =..... in this case the solution to the equation would be 2x and yes at x=3 the answe... Read more

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On November 26 at 6:33 PM by markt

The equation isn't technically wrong, just missing information. It needs: f(x) = x² Then f'(3) = 6. Read more

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On November 26 at 5:48 PM by martyzcp

I'm a bit confused by the placement of 上和下relative to the time of day indicator. Is it correct that you say 早上 (zao3 shang4) and 晚上 (wan shang) but 上午... Read more

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On November 26 at 5:40 PM by Grambers

Wow. Big respect. I love maths, even bought a "Calculus for Dummies" book for a bit of light leisure a few years back. However I was ultimately defeat... Read more

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On November 26 at 5:22 PM by RJ

Thanks Bill, interesting, young guy too. Read more