When Will I Ever Use Algebra?
A Practical Use Case For?Math
A question asked by every student ever. It’s a good question, and there’s a surprising answer.
Almost every?day.
Now, don’t get me wrong, there are definitely some branches of math that aren’t really necessary unless you’re planning to work in certain specialized fields.
However, algebra is one of the most practical branches of math as it can be used in every day life.
Here’s a quick example that I actually had the other?day.
Me and a friend, let’s call him Travis, were planning to go to a concert together in a few months.?
For example sake, let’s say it was an out of state concert in Chicago, Illinois to see Taylor Swift.
We’re going to drive to the venue, enjoy the concert, then stay at a hotel so we don’t have to drive overnight.?
I agree to purchase the tickets and drive while Travis agreed to arrange the hotel.
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Here’s a breakdown of the?costs
Now that we’ve got the constants, we need to solve for x, which is “how much each person ( Travis and myself ) will have to pay to evenly split up the costs?”
The below equation represents this scenario
To solve this, we multiply the 2 * 150 to get 300, then add everything on the right side of the equation.
Finally, isolate x by dividing the 2 on both sides.
Congratulations, you’ve now used algebra in a practical way!
Of course, I’m aware that most people could do that math in their head without breaking it down into individual steps, but that is also the point of this article.
Most people don’t find that they have to “solve for x” in their day to day life, however we commonly solve problems like this that use the same underlying logic.?
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