I Will Derive!

I parody of "I Will Survive" that I did with a couple of my friends for our Calculus and Physics classes.

Lyrics:

At first I was afraid, what could the answer be?
It said given this position find velocity.
So I tried to work it out, but I knew that I was wrong.
I struggled; I cried, "A problem shouldn't take this long!"
I tried to think, control my nerve.
It's evident that speed's tangential to that time-position curve.
This problem would be mine if I just knew that tangent line.
But what to do? Show me a sign!

So I thought back to Calculus.
Way back to Newton and to Leibniz,
And to problems just like this.
And just like that when I had given up all hope,
I said nope, there's just one way to find that slope.
And so now I, I will derive.
Find the derivative of x position with respect to time.
It's as easy as can be, just have to take dx/dt.
I will derive, I will derive. Hey, hey!

And then I went ahead to the second part.
But as I looked at it I wasn't sure quite how to start.
It was asking for the time at which velocity
Was at a maximum, and I was thinking "Woe is me."
But then I thought, this much I know.
I've gotta find acceleration, set it equal to zero.
Now if I only knew what the function was for a.
I guess I'm gonna have to solve for it someway.

So I thought back to Calculus.
Way back to Newton and to Leibniz,
And to problems just like this.
And just like that when I had given up all hope,
I said nope, there's just one way to find that slope.
And so now I, I will derive.
Find the derivative of velocity with respect to time.
It's as easy as can be, just have to take dv/dt.
I will derive, I will derive.

So I thought back to Calculus.
Way back to Newton and to Leibniz,
And to problems just like this.
And just like that when I had given up all hope,
I said nope, there's just one way to find that slope.
And so now I, I will derive.
Find the derivative of x position with respect to time.
It's as easy as can be, just have to take dx/dt.
I will derive, I will derive, I will derive!

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[jcfdude1]

Silly goose you can't use your calculus text book during a test.

[Lucas Somensi]

Fake. An asian student struggling with calculus?

[NYCFinance]

Wait until you see Multivariable Calculus, which is one course harder than AP Calculus BC. Also known as College Calculus III.

[NYCFinance]

I have yet to see a video on YouTube with over a million views that doesn't have any racist comments on it.

[lolasogm]

this shit is for noobs, come back to me when you have passed calculus 3 bro

[TheSqueakyWaffle]

It's "differentiate", not derive, you nerds. Also, Purcell and Rigdon 9e is a terrible textbook.

[DC RW]

This is how I feel about the AP Calculus BC exam.

[imthemasterofpuppets]

i.... got a boner

[TheBassoonFreak]

280 people forgot to multiply by the chain rule.

[riddles4evaXOXO]

Haha so true... good luck everyone!!

[TheRahul9898]

way to destract me from doing my calculus review lol

[fduhjk]

Look at all of these people studying for their AP Calculus test tomorrow!