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Did you solve a Quadratic Equation today?
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surferstar
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-b+/-square root of b^2-4ac/2a
Yah i use all that stuff i learned from the teachers who couldn't make it in the real world, thats why they teach.
I always found it hard to teach what I wasn't able to accomplish, but that could just be me.
Yah i use all that stuff i learned from the teachers who couldn't make it in the real world, thats why they teach.
I always found it hard to teach what I wasn't able to accomplish, but that could just be me.
mrplunkey
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Depends on what type of professional engineer. Some types of engineering are largely rules-of-thumb (i.e. determining the needed size of a concrete pad or sizing a motor on a pump). While other types of engineering are highly theoretical and mathmatically-driven. For example when an ethanol plant is being designed, you do laminar flow calculations, temperature gradient work for heat exchangers, and even chemical rate-of-reaction formulas. You differentiate and integrate like crazy there.PICK3 said:
As a rule the more esoteric and theoretical the project, the more esoteric and theoretical the math needs to be.
hankes64
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PICK3 said:
Yes....I pay 25 grand a year for a private engineering school here...they think we should be academically challenged or something, calc is easy its the fucking 3 years of physics that blows ass and differential and linear equations class....oh and statics also sucks major ass!
PICK3 said:
Financial / risk modeling uses calculus and differential equations, which all require a strong grasp of algebraic techniques.
If you work in a white collar job, you're probably working for someone who does these things...unless you're an attorney, in which case, your fees are paid by someone who knows them
I use calculus and differential equations on a regular basis for very complex financial models, pricing, data evaluation etc.
Math been very good to me.
Destroyer1986*
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I actually had one in a maths engineering class on monday, useless garbage lol.
Destroyer1986* said:
Math built my house.
All 3 of them.
Don't hate.
hankes64
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DRRman said:
Eh, I'm an Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering major, which basically is a more useful Mechanical engineer and in which I have the opportunity to go into several fields after college. IT is a good field though.
Whoever says they dont use calculus (engineers) or all that crap they teach is full of shit or is a small time project engineer, even ion my internships I use that stuff everyday I walk into the facility.
Destroyer1986*
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MattTheSkywalker said:Math built my house.
All 3 of them.
Don't hate.
You dont need that many houses, throw one over to me .Yes math has its uses, just not in my course.
JarheadChiro
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Inorganic Chem, a long time ago...
