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2006-10-07 06:36:12 · 10 answers · asked by shinocm 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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Mathematics is, I can say, the most applied science in our world(engineering, astronomy, electrical pertaining sciences, chemistry( the pH scale is logarithmic), biology (some cell divisions can be exprimed as mathematical functions), medicine(the doctors use mathematical means to evaluate the physical pertaining problems of their patients and instruments). It has always been that way. Some examples will enlighten you.

The egyptians used trigonometry to determine the houses boundaries affected during the Nile's floods(they took place annually).

The great Archimedes used the physical properties of lenses(the optic sciences are used in the evaluations of refraction and other properties of light-you can calculate the real position of an object you see in water using trigonometry and geometry)to burn down invading ships. He also used physics to stop a thief from tricking his king.

As you may know, physics is a direct son of mathematics. I would define physics as the application of mathematical rules in real life cases. Everything that pertains to physics pertains in some way to mathematics. So, since the engineers work according to physics, they also must rely on the mathematic sciences.
Mathematics are not an art. It hasn't been created. It has in all it's aspects been discovered by reflexions on the rules of our world. For example if I tell you that 5^5=25, I didn't invent this rule , neither has the first person to use this relation, the only thing invented is the notation of this truth.

But I'm slipping aside your question(math is so interesting!). Back to mathematical applications.
I don't have to name all physics applications( it's the major application area of mathematics). The airplanes flying, the cars running up and down the streets, the symmetry in the streets, the way everything is well proportionnal in our everyday used objects(a cylindrical pen, a spheric ball) is due to mathematical applications. The binary system, which seems ridiculous, is very well used in computers: it's the only language a computer can read!
You can already see that without mathematics, you wouldn't even be able to type down the question I am trying to answer.
Talking about replying your question, I haven't forgotten that you are asking for the ways you can apply mathematics in your everyday life.
Good news: you are already applying it in your life! At three years old, you must of cried when your parents gave other babies more candies than you. You were already applying math in your short life. You can summarize the situation as follows: x ‹ y, so wwwwwwwoooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnn.
Another example is the case of the "shortest path". Even as a little baby, when you saw your parents right in front of you, what did you do? You ran straight towards them, whithout making ridiculous turns. As odd as it may seem, you were using the straight line property: the straight line between two points is the shortest way from one to the other.
I could continue forever. But you might remark one thing: you need more complicate calculations to answer more complicated questions.

Your father is coming home from Haiti. He is supposed to take a plane which will take 3 hours to arrive to the States. Your father will take 2 hours to be back home, afterwards. He arrives at 6 p.m. Haiti's time is 1 hour earlier than that at your home. He left a hat your mother offered him by accident in the Haitian airport and needs to tell the company at what time he left it there. What should he tell them?

Of course, this question cannot be answered by a three year old. But it is one of a possible situation, and this can happen to you as well as to me.

My name is Archange Camilien. I wanted to invent another name using the letters of my name (anagramme). I constituated the name Charlemagne, and that left me 5 letters, C, N, A , I, I. Needing to know how many names I could create with those 5 letters, I used the combination law: for the first letter, I could choose 5 ones( of course I will find more than the possible ) Continuing like that, I realised the number was 5.4.3.2.1/2=60 different ways to dispose the letters. I chose Acini. Because of the method I had excellent idea of the number of possible names I could obtain.

You see, this isn't a matter of possibility. It's a matter of will. You can't live your life without mathematics...Oh of course you can. If you want to wash it out of your life, you just have to stop buying, being paid, stop using your watch.You just have to stop reasoning, you should stop knowing that you'll need to cross 3 streets to get to school. You might as well stop planning your afternoons with your friends.
Applying math in your daily life is unavoidable, as you can see. But you can choose, as I have, to avoid NOT USING MATH. You may solve complicated problems that occur in your daily life, or if they are failing to occur, you can create them. With calculus, many problems helping you to choose things obtaining the maximum or minimun values will help stop not applying mathematics.
I am always sorry for my sister who is loosing money because of change errors in her job. Learning her sum and difference tables a little better will help her stop loosing her pay (she's a cashier).

I felicitate you for your interest in the ways you can change your usual ways by using mathematics in your daily life. You won't always be able to, but you will discover that there are much more occasion to use these useful laws more often then you would think.

2006-10-07 09:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by Arc 2 · 0 0

The role of media has an extensive influence in our day to day life. We use it to communicate most often. Media can consist of newspaper, television, radio, magazines, etc. These are used to spread advertising that is flashed before a person's eyes thousands times a day. It is also used to convey a message, or to just generally inform someone of the happenings around the world, whether biased or not. The media also can influence people in the upcoming presidential election. Campaigning is greatly used throughout the media, and it is a vital part in the election process. People have begun to rely on the media as a source of help or information that will tell them what is going on in the world. During 9-11 it broadcasted the happenings in New York and Washington on nearly every television channel, to keep those informed. There are now Amber Alerts that scroll across the television or interupt the radio in some way to let people know of a missing child.

2016-03-28 00:55:06 · answer #2 · answered by Michele 4 · 0 0

Mathematics are used every day in my job (meteorology) as vectors with storm cell tracking and using the Pythagorean theorem to figure out distances of tropical storms and hurricanes from different areas. Algorithms and logarithms are used more by our computer programs to produce forecast models. There is also a chart called the Skew-T Log-P diagram (Skewed Temperature Logarithmic Pressure) that we use which is basically a vertical slice of the atmosphere over your station using a 300g weather balloon and a radiosonde to record upper air winds and temps. This can be used to plot the temperatures and dewpoints at each level and to determine many things such as the max and min temps for that day, the temperature needed for any for to lift, what heights the clouds will form at and the stability of the atmosphere giving thunderstorm and rain shower probabilities.

2006-10-07 06:44:17 · answer #3 · answered by C-Dubs 2 · 0 0

This could be a really simple or a really complicated answer, depending on what you're aiming for.

Basic math is used to pay bills, balance a checkbook, calculate discounts, measure ingredients for recipes...
Geometry is used in carpentry, construction, design...
Algebraic equations are used for physics, chemistry, travel, construction and design...

If you want to get really deep and advanced, some would say that math is the basic code or language of everything we see and do in life. Almost everything can be described mathematically - the human body, demographics, economics, probabilities, chemical compounds, molecular structure, art...

2006-10-07 06:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by Sinner & Saint 2 · 1 0

One that is not likely to be posted here by others:

petroleum engineering - very difficult equations are solved to estimate the amount of oil that can be recovered from a reservoir using various methods and well configurations, to guide oil companies' management of their resources

everyday use - determining distances, time spans...also, how much to tip!

2006-10-07 06:49:34 · answer #5 · answered by James L 5 · 1 0

Maths is applicable in our every subjects like economics , chemistry , physics , computer sc. , management , finance and even in our daily life .

2006-10-07 22:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by pooja 2 · 0 0

in every field there are calculations.so maths is related to every subject.
ex:
physics uses many differential equations.and physics laws are true if they are instantaneous or rated with some varisble
chemistry:it uses integration and differential equations in thermodynamics,chemical kinetics,energitics,chemical equilibrium

2006-10-09 23:17:38 · answer #7 · answered by purushotham s 1 · 0 0

Biology - use statistics to analyze data
Economics - math to analyze trends
Chemistry - Analyze data, balance equations

Use everyday to make change, measure distances

2006-10-07 06:41:43 · answer #8 · answered by Tiramysu 4 · 2 0

maths is the queen of science. every thing in this universe is controlled by it.( think about Heisenberg's uncertainty principle)

2006-10-07 07:03:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

v need 2 do d calculation i while shopping

2006-10-07 06:49:32 · answer #10 · answered by sharpest 1 · 0 1

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