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From: Neeum Zawan
Date: 15 Dec 2010 16:14:23
Message: <87ei9i91tk.fsf@fester.com>

Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> writes:

> Neeum Zawan wrote:
>> 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.

They had the usual examples, like calculating work by integrating the
force.

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