Neeum Zawan wrote:
>> And while I took and understood a great deal of math, it wasn't until
>> physics class that I suddenly said "Oh, *that* is what an integral is
>> for!"
> 
> I dunno. My textbook made it clear it was about summing infinitesimal
> quantities.  

Yeah, but what is it *for*?  When, outside of calc class, would you ever do 
such a thing?  That's what I hadn't figured out.

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