I'm looking for a fun or interesting of either conics, probablity, or logarithms in life. Perhaps how it is used to predict earthquakes, or in medicine, etc.
2007-05-21 18:08:01 · 6 answers · asked by r 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Conics, most notably the parabola are what we use in space quite often. For example, the satellite dish on your house is typically an elliptic paraboloid. The orbit of our planet is an ellipse as a consequence of the laws of motion. Probability is useful in games like poker and bridge where outcomes depend heavily on random events. Logarithms are useful in medicine in a few ways. One way is in hearing. The curve of frequencies which humans can hear is actually a logarithmic function. One method of linear regression (a statistical method of data analysis, used often in the medical field) is a logarithmic data fit. These are just a few basic uses, in all reality there is so much math in the world every day it would take a novel to list.
2007-05-21 18:14:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Making your own slide rule (logarithms), polling and forecasting of just about any scientifically justifiable kind, construction of medical growth tables (probability and statistics), planetary orbits and the shapes of flashlight beams on a wall (conics).
2007-05-21 18:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by devilsadvocate1728 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a honest question. i think of that human beings who like Maths locate it so very logical. You point out letters and words forming a sentence yet arithmetic is definitely a language that's understood via the international. arithmetic has of direction many purposes including Electronics , Elecrical , Mechanical , Civil and Chemical Engineering , area commute, cellular telephones, Aeronautics to point in uncomplicated terms some.
2016-11-26 00:09:19 · answer #3 · answered by byrne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound intensity, it a log function given by the formula:
Sound intensity (in dB) = 10log(I/Io)
Where Io is the threshold of hearing or 1*10^-12 watts/m^2
2007-05-21 18:12:24 · answer #4 · answered by proff327 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genetics of your children.
Weight loss calculations or similiar equations.
Umm... something to do with making/saving money.
There is a lot of fun games and stuff you could lose geometry in... pool, golf, tennis, etc.
2007-05-21 18:15:55 · answer #5 · answered by megr_b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get a kick out of doing problems on Y! Questions. (But then, it doesn't take much to entertain a simple mind ☺)
Doug
2007-05-21 18:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋