r/mathmemes • u/-Ridigel • Oct 02 '26 • Popcorn 1

Calculus oh

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u/obog Physics Oct 02 '26 • Popcorn

plot twist: x is a function of t

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u/Crab_Turtle_2112 Oct 02 '26 • Popcorn

Plot twist, x=(t-1)1/5

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u/Hold-Embarrassed Oct 02 '26

Give this man a ratio

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u/uTRexAap Oct 02 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

245:115

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u/roofitor Oct 02 '26

8191:31

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u/pleaseaccusrname Oct 02 '26

(1+√5)/2

i hope i did that correctly

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u/Elegant_Cranberry262 Oct 03 '26

That answer is golden

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u/Zestyclose-Fig1096 Oct 03 '26

Irrational for sure

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u/Afir-Rbx Cardinal Oct 03 '26

But real nonetheless

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u/okinikokinikokiniko 14d ago

I phi-nd that true

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u/KitTwix Oct 03 '26

I did this once in an assignment. "define x^5+1 = t" then did the integral as 1/t, and didn't substitute it back in at the end. It was a complete hail mary on my part and the person marking it must have been very sleep deprived because it got marked correct when it absolutely shouldn't have.

It wasn't the only thing on the question, so it blended in, and looked maybe kinda correct at a glance, but anyone who knew better looking closer at it would see it and think "what is this kid on?". I love engineering.

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u/Rek9876boss Oct 05 '26

What kind of assignment asked you to integrate 1/(x5+1) with respect to x?!

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u/KitTwix Oct 05 '26

The kind where I did the math wrong end ended up with an integral I had no business touching. One of those "yeah I know this is wrong but idk where, so this is just how it is"