[M.A.P.L.E. IV-2] Specific to General or Vice-Versa

Last year, I wrote a post on Duck Dodgers and coordinates, using real-life examples of coordinates. Today, when I was transcribing an old journal, I found an interesting observation, which was partially related to coordinates, and brought up another association. It won’t have any cartoons in it today, but I guess I’ll make it homework to the reader :p

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[M.M.X.I.V. 182] Duck Dodgers

One of my favorite sixty-two-year-old cartoons will motivate this post.

This cartoon I am able to pull out some applicable math concepts from, and also distill a bad math joke.  These involve coordinates and calculus.  Don’t worry, this post should be accessible to everyone.  I should have shown it in class today, but thought that would be a strange first impression for my students.

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