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!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• calculus
• physics
• will
• derive

[anonymous345]

@iasoaita

Well, technically the person in the video IS deriving a function for velocity. Differentiation is a valid method for deriving equations.

[evilbobman]

Moral of the story: When in doubt, pull out the book and cheat.

[Edge0fPain]

@yakottayoungblood

lol

same

[yakottayoungblood]

@Edge0fPain If anyone ever used this line on me it would totally work.

...(just realized comment is 4 months old).

[MochaMan247]

the virginity is strong with these ones.

[emTwoZero]

Is it bad that I have this on my ipod?

[brotherOfSmash]

DUDE this is totally freaking awesome :D

This should totally go viral lol.

[thefeistynarwhal]

@FlightSimTutorials whoever said that being a nerd anthem was a bad thing?

[FlightSimTutorials]

@thefeistynarwhal That's fine, when you end up a low-level employee you will think about that nerd you call your boss and you will be humming this song....or maybe not.

[thefeistynarwhal]

nerd anthem

[freePUAbootcamp]

Testimony to the power of YouTUbe.

[jollymon730]

255 dislikes. That means 255 people who don't understand calculus somehow found this video.