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Real Life Applications Of Differentiation and Integration:

They have hundreds of applications in all fields of science and are indespensible tools for engineers. For example, when engineers are designing a bridge, they use calculus for things such as cost minimizing, maximizing the strength of the structure, determining the maximum load of the road surface, and so on. Engineers use differentiation and integration to find the rate of certain things (e.g. rate which water will flow down the side of a construction which they plan to build). These rates may seem simple, but if not calculated properly, can cause unsafe, or problematic buildings to be built up.

Differentiation is used in history, for predicting the life of a stone. It is used in geography, to study the gases present in the atmosphere. Pilots use differentiation to measure the pressure n the air, on a daily basis.
Calculus is routinely used in economics. For example, economists use calculus to determine the right time to buy or sell something, the marginal value of a particular action, how much the price of an item affects how many people buy it, or any other instance that requires measuring change over time in two or more related variables.

It is also used in biology. Some applications include modeling enzyme reactions as a function of nutrient concentration and the growth rate for bacteria, modeling population growth of a certain species, and modeling the relationship between related physical traits, such as backbone length and skull length. Calculus has been used in astronomy since the 17th century to calculate the orbits of the planets around stars. Calculus is also necessary to accurately calculate the variable speed of moving objects in space, including asteroids, comets and other celestial bodies. Many of today's most interesting astronomical insights were gained with the use of calculus.

Real Life Applications Of Coordinate Geometry:


Whenever you look at a bridge or a building, you are seeing the results of coordinate geometry. If you figure out the shortest distance to travel between two points, you are using coordinate geometry. This mathematics discipline describes the position of points on a plane using an ordered pair of numbers. The point (3,4), for example, is located three spaces to the right and four spaces up from the center, or origin. Scientists use coordinate geometry to analyze the results of experimental data. In any scientific experiment, data collected for the independent and dependent variables is usually plotted on a graph. This graph uses Cartesian coordinates. The independent variable is plotted on the X axis and the

dependent variable is plotted on the Y axis. By examining the patterns on a graph, scientists can draw conclusions about the relationship between the two variables. For example, if a scientist is observing the effect of fertilizer on plant growth, he would create a scale to represent the amount of fertilizer in milliliters on the X axis, and then a scale to represent the amount of plant growth in millimeters on the Y axis. The corresponding data points would then be plotted and connected. Physicists use coordinate geometry to describe the motion of objects. Students use coordinate geometry to model the motion of objects in the video game world. Forces and motion are important components and can be plotted on a graph of Cartesian coordinates like other experimental data. For example, the distance of an object from a particular point over time can be graphed on the X and Y plane. Physicists use the graph's slope to gain additional information. Engineers and architects use coordinate geometry to represent points, lines, shapes and surfaces as algebraic expressions with letters and numbers. This allows them to perform the calculations required to design a complex structure, such as a bridge or building. Such calculations include stress, moment of inertia, and tensile strength. For example, a structural engineer may measure the dimensions of a beam in order to calculate the maximum load, or stress, the beam can support. This is essential information when planning the infrastructure of a building.

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