I don't have a fundamental understanding of what taking a derivative means and I don't understand why would we do it. I just know how to mechanically do it.
Why do we take a derivative?
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0There is a set of videos on YouTube named "The big picture of Calculus" by MIT Opencourse ware. You should watch them, really helpful. – 2015-04-26