I WILL DERIVE

Parody of the song I WILL SURVIVE.

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
• fun

[dastrman2]

its more funny if you know what they are talking about. calculus speaking.

[Jaggling]

Oh man I feel so nerdy after watching this... thanks for posting it.

[sunrise9686]

AN Asian guy who struggles with Math? Oh my God, we all gonna die, then!! D:

[arizsnow103]

This is gold.



[EvanescenceBlade]

@applessuace Correction: The "peak" (or relative maximum) of any function has a derivative that is 0 OR undefined.

[applessuace]

@dastrman2 I guess hoping that velocity is the derivative of position, and that the peak of any function has a derivative of 0 was common knowledge was just a dream.

[Necromael21]

@WhoopSiJust in english language yes, in some others it is an operator simmilar to differentiation just term "derive" is exactly translated to our language. So it can mean 2 things.

[luyingpan]

It's funny because this is actually really simple calculus... Still a good parody though =]

[HyperGolem]

I'm currently studying for my math test and listening to this song. :)

[thediscoverable]

I love how the prof walks in, then walks back out. He looked like he was thinking: "I want no part of this."

[CaptJay12]

This always gets me in the mood for some calculus...