JOKE OF THE DAY!?!
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I used algebra constantly, and calculus twice, but I never had cause to use the quadratic formula I endured in 8th grade. Recently (maybe three or six years ago) I asked the HS math teacher how it was useful. He gave an answer that did not make sense to me.
I do understand the reasons for calculus. It helps me understand derivatives and summations, and gives me some basics for PID equipment control.
I heard that "business math" was roughly equal to calculus, but with a practical basis. I was on a different track, but it seems like math in any language is helpful to any goal.
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Math causes one to 'think' critically.
No math... and you end up being a liberal... all feelings and pie in the sky dreams....
Math forces one to figure things out logically. There are serious consequences for wrong answers. Not right away, but when building a bridge, a building, a space ship? Incorrect calculations kill people.
What they didn't tell us early on is the further one goes in math it's very important to apply all the math prior to the curriculum you are currently in. Early math studies are building blocks to the calculus. It is understood that you are proficient in the prior studies to use the calculus.
Calculus is shorthand math.
Not being proficient in early math studies is like never learning the A, B, C's and trying to understand a book of words.
No math... and you end up being a liberal... all feelings and pie in the sky dreams....
Math forces one to figure things out logically. There are serious consequences for wrong answers. Not right away, but when building a bridge, a building, a space ship? Incorrect calculations kill people.
What they didn't tell us early on is the further one goes in math it's very important to apply all the math prior to the curriculum you are currently in. Early math studies are building blocks to the calculus. It is understood that you are proficient in the prior studies to use the calculus.
Calculus is shorthand math.
Not being proficient in early math studies is like never learning the A, B, C's and trying to understand a book of words.
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