Learning Exercise
How Much Work is Required: Intuition vs. Mathematical Calculation
This classroom activity presents Calculus II students with some Flash tutorials involving work and pumping liquids and a simple question concerning the amount of work involved in pumping water out of two full containers having the same shape and size but different spatial orientations.
- Material:
- Visual Calculus: Applications of Integration-Work
- Date last modified:
- March 7, 2007
- Created by:
- James Rutledge
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A collection of tutorials (Flash and Java) on the concept of Work including Hooke's Law, pumping liquids and lifting a... see more
Exercise
Additional Information: http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/merlot/math/interactive/examples/14298.html