Abstract
We present five applications of the calculus:
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Atmospheric pressure in a gravitational field
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Motion in a gravitational field
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Newton’s method for finding the zeros of a function
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The reflection and refraction of light
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Rates of change in economics
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Lax, P.D., Terrell, M.S. (2014). Applications of the Derivative. In: Calculus With Applications. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7946-8_5
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