Interview With Mr. Smallwood
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Mr. Millard Smallwood is a computer programmer, working for the United States Government. He works in the Defense Intelligence Agency, currently assigned to Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center at Fort Detrick, in Frederick Maryland.
When asked about the use of Calculus in his line of work, Mr ....
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.... using calculus formulation.
Calculus is also used in the study of optics. Finding the tangent to a given curve at a specific point allows us to determine at what angle a light ray strikes a lens, which is also important in determining the direction a moving body is travelling.
Calculus is used in maximum-minimum problems such as ballistics. It allows us to determine the maximum range of a canon or other projectile instrument.
Plotting the path of a trajectory is all done using Calculus as wel ....
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