Creating a slope field | First order differential equations | Khan Academy

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[_PaperbagGhost]

that first x you wrote was flawless. lets take a moment and appreciate that x

[lemotheemonemo]

Thank you four this! Explained this way better than my book and teacher! ^_^

[GUURL]

You explained in 5 minutes what I couldn't understand after a week of classes. Thanks!

[pauldior]

Learned more in this video than in a week in my AP Calc class... oh wait, we're not in school.

[bettinatobias]

Thank you, Khan Academy for the clear explanation! I have a test on this tomorrow, and this helped me to review. :)

[anoirtrabelsi]

After finishing the series on differential equations can you post some real world examples ? Like solving the Schrodinger equation or some other physics differential equations :)

Keep it up you're the best 

[HD_Simplicityy]

Ok...well after trying to learn this in my textbook I sought this video to clarify the basics. I didnt think my book did it well, but this...this helps a lot! Now I need to apply it. Thats the hard part.

[Aaron-vryr]

How do I redirect the force of gravity into differential equation slopes that I can surf?

[petelok]

This is great. How about the direction field? Can we treat the line segments, as vectors and assign direction to the slope field??

[g.e.]

what if you don't have a y value in the dy/dx equation?

[Fetusmilkshake]

@Mars TV Channel: -1/0 is not equal to 0. I believe you may be applying the same logic from that of 0/n, to that of n/0. Dividing any kind of number by 0 is undefined. There are interesting videos out there explaining why this is so.  

[PSL]

Anyone know why he drew the slope lines the way he did? Like, why is a -1 slope drawn from top to bottom diagonally?

[paulhetherington]

fx u dx -- hence; no rift / division -- you violated :Loaned Land Act. And X is before, hmm y? XYZ
Cell num = formulasz.

[Master_jedi_]

What does this guy look like? I need to put a face to the voice!

[paulhetherington]

You used: another's sht - plus half body.

[stackthatcheese]

TEACHER: What are you laughing about?
Me: Nothing.

*My brain: MICHAEL SLOPEFIELD*

[MARSTVCHANNEL]

How can -1/0 be undefined? It's 0.