1. Algebra II
By Olivia Venier

2. Why do we need Algebra? Can be a building block to other subjects
Can help increase your problem solving skills and speed
May be a prerequisite for a job or promotion
Helps you to analyze better
Using graphs and data will make you look more professional

3. Who uses Algebra? Accountants and Auditors $72,270 /yr
Actuary $93,680/yr
Air Traffic Controller $122,530/yr
Animator $63,970/yr
Architect $76,100/yr
Astronaut $100,000/yr
Attorney $115,820/yr
Baker $23,160/yr
Biologist $59,680/yr
Biostatistician $77,860/yr
Budget Analyst $71,590/yr
Cartographer and Surveyor $57,980/yr

4. Who uses Algebra? (Continued)
Chemical Engineer $97,600/yr
Chemist $71,260/yr
Climatologist $89,820/yr
College Professor $62,050/yr
Computational Biologist $68,220/yr
Computer Scientist $110,620/yr
Cost Estimator $60,390/yr
Cryptanalyst $76,470/yr
Economist $99,180/yr
Electrical Engineer $93,010/yr
Epidemiologist $69,450/yr
Foreign Exchange Trader $154,786/yr

5. Who uses Algebra? (Continued)
Forensic Analyst $56,320/yr
Geographer $74,260/yr
Geologist $89,700/yr
Hydrologist $79,550/yr
Inventory Control Specialist $77,881/yr
Market Research Analyst $62,150/yr
Mathematical Biophysicist $82,150/yr
Mathematical Physicist $111,580/yr
Mathematician $111,110/yr
Mechanical Engineer $83,590/yr
National Security Analyst $89,000/yr
Nuclear Engineer $102,950/yr

6. Who uses Algebra? (Continued)
Operations Research Analyst $78,630/yr
Petroleum Engineer $129,990/yr
Physician $202,932/yr
Political Scientist $99,730/yr
Psychometrician $69,000/yr
Purchasing Agent $62,220/yr
Quantitative Financial Market Analyst $87,601/yr
Statistician $80,110/yr
Stockbroker $71,550/yr
Teacher, High School $57,200/yr
Technical Writer $70,240/yr
Urban Planner $68,220/yr

7. What is the connection between Algebra and real life experiences?
Example(s)
Working with proportion
Cooking
Manage your credit cards
Minimum payment
Finance charges
Annual Percentage Rate
Determining probability
Weather
Interest on interest: Compounding
Simple interest
Compound interest
Ratios: Relationships between quantities
Baking
Converting to metric values
Science
Traveling in different countries

8. How beneficial is Algebra to my future?
I want to major in Music Education and become a Choir Teacher so Algebra itself is not going to be used in my everyday life.
Basic Math though is very helpful in music. Here are just a few examples…
The Mozart Effect- Refers to research that indicate listening to Mozart will somehow temporarily make it easier for the brain to visualize special patterns and then mentally manipulate those patterns (also known as “spatial-temporal reasoning”. Some areas of mathematics rely heavily on this ability.
Beat Frequencies- Is an example of what is known as a “product to sum” identity and that is what is used to identify triangles

9. Algebra and my future (continued)
Pathways between Math and the Arts- It is easier to understand music if you have first mastered math. Both math and music use shapes, patterns, and numbers.
Tuning and Tones- Some instruments use the Pythagorean scale to measure the distance between notes and adjust them properly. A fifth corresponds to 3/2 and an octave corresponds to 2/1

11. Bibliography
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David, Jack H. "The Mathematics of Music." thehouseofdavid.com, 1995, jackhdavid.thehouseofdavid.com/papers/math.html. Accessed 3 Mar

12. Bibliography (continued)
"Careers." weusemath.org, BYU Mathamatics Department, weusemath.org/?page_id=800. Accessed 12 Mar.2017.
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