Pop Quiz Wall Clock: Finally, a Practical Use For Calculus

by Sean Fallon on July 22, 2008 · 12 comments

I am horrible at math, which is why the pop quiz clock is appealing to me. It makes me feel a lot smarter than I really am.

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Ricardo July 24, 2008 at 2:36 am: I can tell you are horrible at math. There are no Calculus equations. The equation for the “7″ spot is wrong, it equals 6, so there are two places for “6″.
Save your money.

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Tixo July 25, 2008 at 6:27 am: Ricardo, he might be horrible at math, but you’re not so hot either. The equation has two solutions: 7 and -6 (and not 6).

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Matt` August 22, 2008 at 5:45 pm: You could also nitpick that 3 times by (pi – 0.14) isn’t nine, it’s 9.00477796 (and so on).

But yeah, the main one is that there’s no calculus anywhere on that clock face.

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