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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Cycloid Ii

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Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson provides an introduction to the integral in the sense of finding the length of a curve. In the lesson, student deconstruct a cycloid (formed by following a piece of tape on the wheel of a bicycle in motion) into a series of smaller pieces, and then sum the length of each of these pieces. As an extension, the integral is introduced and briefly explained.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)