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What was the original motivation for the concept of the derivative in Differential Calculus?
What was the original motivation for the concept of the derivative in Differential Calculus?
- Solving practical and theoretical problems
- Defining tangent lines to the graphs of functions and calculating the slope of such lines (correct)
- Determining the position of an object at any instant
- Defining and calculating the area of the region bounded by the graph of the functions
What do we call the functions that could possibly have a given function as a derivative?
What do we call the functions that could possibly have a given function as a derivative?
- Anti derivatives (correct)
- Instantaneous velocities
- Tangent functions
- Indefinite integrals
What is the process of finding anti derivatives called in Integral Calculus?
What is the process of finding anti derivatives called in Integral Calculus?
- Definite integration
- Integration (correct)
- Indefinite integration
- Differentiation
What type of problems does the development of integral calculus arise out of?
What type of problems does the development of integral calculus arise out of?
If a function f is differentiable in an interval I, what arises as a natural question?
If a function f is differentiable in an interval I, what arises as a natural question?