Math Today
Math Today When We Have Devices
Luke A. Douglas
Ashford University
MAT222: Intermediate Algebra
Instructor Robb
March 3rd, 2014
Math Today When We Have Devices
Some think that math has no place in the world, and I must admit that I am one of those people. I understand that we do use math everyday but in an age of technology it’s no longer needed as much as it once was; or is it? I theorize that math is still an important tool that we must remain proficient at to keep up with the times, because without math we would not only be lost in the ever changing world of technology and programing but we wouldn’t be able to figure out simple tasks of daily life like how to leave a correct 23% tip after a good meal. In this paper we are going to review two problems. The first problem is a typical problem that a conservation officer would come across. The second problem is simply getting the x and or y variable alone. We will also look at how these problems relate to real world situations and try to bring math alive instead of making it just about numbers. The first problem we have is the Bear population. Which states: “To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population?” We would first let x stand for the bear population which we are trying to figure out. We would then have x/sample that we caught= to the number we tagged and released (50)/the number of tagged bears we recaptured (2). So the equation would look something like this. x/100=50/2. We would then multiple the 100 out from each side which would give us 2500. So there are 2500 bears in the population in the Keweenaw Peninsula and we caught just 2% of the bears when we did our capture and release. This is an extraneous solution because it is to the simplest
Luke A. Douglas
Ashford University
MAT222: Intermediate Algebra
Instructor Robb
March 3rd, 2014
Math Today When We Have Devices
Some think that math has no place in the world, and I must admit that I am one of those people. I understand that we do use math everyday but in an age of technology it’s no longer needed as much as it once was; or is it? I theorize that math is still an important tool that we must remain proficient at to keep up with the times, because without math we would not only be lost in the ever changing world of technology and programing but we wouldn’t be able to figure out simple tasks of daily life like how to leave a correct 23% tip after a good meal. In this paper we are going to review two problems. The first problem is a typical problem that a conservation officer would come across. The second problem is simply getting the x and or y variable alone. We will also look at how these problems relate to real world situations and try to bring math alive instead of making it just about numbers. The first problem we have is the Bear population. Which states: “To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population?” We would first let x stand for the bear population which we are trying to figure out. We would then have x/sample that we caught= to the number we tagged and released (50)/the number of tagged bears we recaptured (2). So the equation would look something like this. x/100=50/2. We would then multiple the 100 out from each side which would give us 2500. So there are 2500 bears in the population in the Keweenaw Peninsula and we caught just 2% of the bears when we did our capture and release. This is an extraneous solution because it is to the simplest