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okay i'm doing this project and we need to knoe when were ever going to use math like when we grow uo and stuff. well i want to be a professional basketball player and i was wondering what kind of math would i need to know for that? thanx
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Okay, you would probly have to know like additon and subtraction. For finding your average points in a game and findin points n stuff.. not difficult stuff.
_Kadi_
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to add up the score
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um..simple adding should be all. adding up points and stuff..its not difficult math, thats for sure
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Just because you want to be a basket ball player, doesn't mean you wont need numbers. You have to pay bills, work out budgets, your bank balance, salary...all that kind of thing.
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This isn't an answer to your question. I just wan't to say that I think that's a stupid project in a math class. The truth most high school math teachers don't want to admit to their students is that for the most part, their students simply won't ever use the mathematics they teach again, once they leave school. I mean, even in careers that use a lot of math, like engineering and science, for the most part, computers do almost all the mathematics. And the person programming the computer probably uses already-written modules.
I am a high school math teacher. I've taught Algebra I, Geometry, Pre-calculus/trig, and Calculus. I teach these classes not because they're useful for some God-only-knows reason, but because it's important to develop the rational part of your brain. It's important to be able to see the connections in science, or to follow the flow of a mathematical solution. It's important, not because it's useful, but because it's intrinsically valulable.
The honest truth of the matter is that the vast majority of people won't need to know mathematics beyond, say, Algebra I once they complete school. And most people probably won't need to know anything more basic than elementary school math. That doesn't mean it's not important, and to come up with contrived problems to "prove" the importance of mathematics is simply ridiculous.
Tell your math teacher that, if you dare. :) And refer G.H. Hardy (1877-1947, a British mathematician), whose favorite area of mathematics is number theory, precisely because it is so useless--it has never been used, he said, to kill anybody. (Little did he know that in less than a century that neglected branch of mathematics would become crucial in cryptography and making the internet a safe and secure place.)
More quotes I just ran across, looking for something from Hardy:
It demeans mathematics to justify it to appeals to work, to getting and spending... Can you recall why you fell in love with mathematics? It was not, I think, because of its usefulness in controlling inventories.
- Underwood Dudley, from "Is Mathematics Necessary?"
The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
- Henri Poincare, quoted in More Joy of Mathematics
Suffice it to say that a question like your teacher asked insults somebody who really enjoys mathematics.
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ummm... lets see.. how many dribbles u need to take to get to the hoop!? um..how many dots are on the basketball? i donno just do ur math homework u'll live! <3.RaCh
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the parabolic path of the basketball to the hoop, the angles from the position on the court to the basketball goal... the ratio of the hieght of the player compared to the distance to the goal... well that's all i can think of
luck!
brie
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you would need to know like how much power you should put into your shot, what angle youre at, how fast you can get to a certain point on the floor, stuff like that! x0x0x
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They just say that you need to be good in all subjects because in some way it relates to real life. Math of course has pretty much nothing to do with basketball. They teach you that crap for when you are living on your own and have to pay bills and shit. So, just do good in school and you'll get into a good college and you'll be a great b-ball player... just keep practicing. Hope this helped.
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You use math in pretty much everything. Even if you do basketball you'll have to do all your checks, take care of accounts, credit cards (you'll have a lot of math moneywise because you'd be rich!) But everyone else already said the basketball stuff so yea.. but you'd need it to keep track of pretty much everything moneywise.
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countin all your money and everything
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you got to know angles cause whatever position your gonna play, you need to know where and which angle you need to pass the ball or the perfect angle to shoot the ball into the net! and also you need to know where a person on your team is to make sure not to pass the ball to anyone else and stuff! hope i helped!!!!!!!!
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Hey hUn!
Maybe u need to know the salary per year, month, how long you'll play. multiply it like this maybe:: s(xy)=
S-salary
x-how many
y-years
I dont know how to help u there!
Im sorry i did my best!
Hope it helped!
LovieZ
MuahZ
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u need to know math b/c u need to be able to keep track of foul shots, average points per game and stuff. i dont know much about basketball stats but i kno u can use som stats stuff. hope i helped ~steph~
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Yeah my sister had to do that. but GO YOU ! because you wanna be a pro bball player and so do i =o] but like umm how about addition? like adding your fouls? and points? lol sorry i was no help but i tried lol! GOOD LUCK!
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