I would probably fail this question because I’d be too busy cackling and run out of time.
I would start crying in the middle of this exam
lmao
also wouldn’t the distance between them grow at a constant rate? am i an idiot? they’re each moving at a constant speed in straight lines right?
Yes, this is an arithmetic, not a calculus problem.
I guess a little geometry
Isn’t it still finding the rate of change with respect to time? You find the derivative of the function even if that result is a constant rate. That’s differential calculus, no?
Maybe I’m wrong.
It has no relation to differential calculus, calculus relates to continuous change. Pythagoras could’ve worked this out about 2000 years prior to the discovery of calculus. You’re not finding the gradient of an effectively infinitesimal point on an ever-changing curve.
I’m pretty sure my differential calculus professor did this question for my first exam over 10 years ago. The dude was chill as shit, and one of the best math professors i’ve ever had.
I never did this in school. What variable represents all the different choices you could have made along the way? delta squared?
