Calculus is an indispensable tool for almost anything ranging from calculating the areas and volumes of various figurers, finding how much interest you earn in a bank if your money is growing continuously, designing a safe curving road on a mountain surface , figuring out the most economical way to do some task and so on. ... Calculating volumes and areas, the basic function of integral calculus, can be traced back to the Egyptian Moscow papyrus (c. 1800 BC), in which an Egyptian successfully calculated the volume of a pyramidal frustum. ... Around AD 1000, the Islamic mathematician Ibn al-Hay...

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Case Study: Southwest Airlines Introduction History Southwest Airlines began service June 18, 1971 with flights to Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. Southwest has grown to become the fourth largest U.S. airline (in terms of domestic Customers carried). 1998 marked Southwest's 26th consecutive yea...

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Being physically active is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Individuals who participate in moderate or vigorous intensity physical activity can reduce their risk for disease and premature death (USDHHS, 1996). Physical activity has been shown to have the following health benefits: Reduces the risk of dying prematurely. Reduces the risk of heart disease. Reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. ...

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