Useful Everyday Mathematical Application

Discussion in 'Physics & Math' started by AmishRakeFight, Apr 15, 2009.

  1. AmishRakeFight Remember, remember. Registered Senior Member

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    Does anybody know of anywhere that people collaborate on everyday applications for mathematics? Some examples of what I'm talking about would be things like formulas for determining automobile travel time, etc. In other words, a website where there are laymen formulas for everyday life.

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  3. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    I don't know about websites, but there is at least one book available - unfortunately I can't remember the title or author!
    Try browsing the popular science section at a decent book store.
    (If I come across the book, I'll post details).
     
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  5. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    Mathematics in Everyday Life

    ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
    Smart man + smart woman = romance
    Smart man + dumb woman = affair
    Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
    Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy

    OFFICE ARITHMETIC
    Smart boss + smart employee = profit
    Smart boss + dumb employee = production
    Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
    Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

    SHOPPING MATH
    A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
    A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.

    GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
    A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
    A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
    A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
    A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

    HAPPINESS
    To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
    To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

    PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
    A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
    A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.

    DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
    A woman has the last word in any argument.
    Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

    HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
    Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me,
    "You're next."
    They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals


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  7. Absane Rocket Surgeon Valued Senior Member

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    The average man does logarithms on a daily basis. Perhaps once a week, they calculate values for the gamma function \(\Gamma(x)\). I've seen some integrate the beta function.. why, I don't know.
     

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