• neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Can someone please explain this to us smoothbrains who never finished school? I see a for-loop on the left, and some sort of integral on the right, but that’s about it…

    • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It’s basically taking the measurement of the area under a curve. The left does it in uniform chunks, and is often less accurate depending on delta x (the size of the chunks). The right effectively makes the size of the “chunks” infinitely small and gives a more accurate answer.

      Simple version: Me: Close but either too much or too little potat removed. Mom: absolutely perfect with no skin and no wasted potat.

      • Comrade Spood@slrpnk.net
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        9 days ago

        Thank you for the “explain it to me like I am 5” answer. I may be college educated, but that is in history. I am still basically elementary level with my math lmao