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why did people create calculus?

 Sep 3, 2014

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It is a very simple way to deal with instantaneous rates of change or areas of shapes that are not rectangles or triangles.

Calculus is very powerful and once you can do a bit of it then it is a lot of fun (assuming you have a mathematical nature of course)

Some people may be interested in this web page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_calculus

 Sep 3, 2014
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Best Answer

It is a very simple way to deal with instantaneous rates of change or areas of shapes that are not rectangles or triangles.

Calculus is very powerful and once you can do a bit of it then it is a lot of fun (assuming you have a mathematical nature of course)

Some people may be interested in this web page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_calculus

Melody Sep 3, 2014

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