But of course they’re both wrong. The numbers he used are all constants, not functions, and they don’t change with respect to time or anything else, so the derivative is simply zero. No calculations needed. But it looks like they’re kids, and calculus is rarely taught in grade school, so I suppose we should excuse them both.
It’s tiny font but the strip presented on the 9th mentioned reruns while he recovered from a plane accident. Guess they kept the reruns intact in their place in the run. https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/2022/03/09?ct=v&cti=865103
I don’t mind being rated a 1. That just means I am the best and the leader of the pack, not to mention the top of one’s thoughts. Plus, as the song goes I am “One singular sensation, every single move that ‘he’ makes!”
salakfarm Premium Member over 2 years ago
Math is hard, said Barbie.
hariseldon59 over 2 years ago
She’s no Bo Derek.
GreggW Premium Member over 2 years ago
First one? It’s going to be interesting to see how Opus and the other talking animals are introduced.
Mugens Premium Member over 2 years ago
Couldn’t make out the copywrite date, but this is definitely a very early strip in the series.
Steve Dallas over 2 years ago
I assume this is here to maintain the sequence from when he was in the glider crash
bbbmorrell over 2 years ago
it would have worked if girls were bad at math like everyone says….
jc17 over 2 years ago
But of course they’re both wrong. The numbers he used are all constants, not functions, and they don’t change with respect to time or anything else, so the derivative is simply zero. No calculations needed. But it looks like they’re kids, and calculus is rarely taught in grade school, so I suppose we should excuse them both.
Bob Blumenfeld over 2 years ago
For the mathematically dis-inclined: The derivative of any number is zero, and any number raised to the zeroth power is one.
Cozmik Cowboy over 2 years ago
I would never be so shallow & insensitive as to rate women on a 1-10 scale.
I rate them by how many beers I’d need………
monya_43 over 2 years ago
He didn’t rate her a zero, which as far as looks go, she is. She is aggressive enough that she will get a man, whether he likes it or not.
sandflea over 2 years ago
He should have told her “urinate”.
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
Bucko!!!
JayeR over 2 years ago
It’s tiny font but the strip presented on the 9th mentioned reruns while he recovered from a plane accident. Guess they kept the reruns intact in their place in the run. https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/2022/03/09?ct=v&cti=865103
Sisyphos over 2 years ago
Ain’t math wonderful? Freida, not so much….
(Ducks and runs.)
baraktorvan over 2 years ago
I don’t mind being rated a 1. That just means I am the best and the leader of the pack, not to mention the top of one’s thoughts. Plus, as the song goes I am “One singular sensation, every single move that ‘he’ makes!”