Question 1
Which English scientist independently developed a method of fluxions while also formulating laws of motion?
- Isaac Newton
- Michael Faraday
- Galileo Galilei
- Johannes Kepler
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Isaac Newton
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Calculus trivia quiz
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Question 2
Which German mathematician developed early calculus notation that uses the elongated S symbol?
- Carl Gauss
- Gottfried Leibniz
- David Hilbert
- Leonhard Euler
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Gottfried Leibniz
Question 3
What is the derivative of x squared?
- 2
- x
- 2x
- x squared
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2x
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