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re: what math do you use regularly?
Posted on 10/8/20 at 1:22 am to LSUGrad9295
Posted on 10/8/20 at 1:22 am to LSUGrad9295
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I had you pegged as a Geometry guy...
That's an acute observation.
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Posted on 10/8/20 at 1:22 am to Obtuse1
69 your mom
Posted on 10/8/20 at 1:35 am to biglego
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69 your mom
Hope you aren't looking for WAP 'cause you will get dust on your tongue. Plus you are gonna have to dig her up.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:07 am to Obtuse1
Basic math, algebra, calculus, advanced math
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Hospital pharmacy. Yes, we use the online calculators you can plug numbers in, but I do it on my own to double check. Or we check each other, especially for any pedi dosing, chemo or renal & hepatic dosing.
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Hospital pharmacy. Yes, we use the online calculators you can plug numbers in, but I do it on my own to double check. Or we check each other, especially for any pedi dosing, chemo or renal & hepatic dosing.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 3:29 am to Obtuse1
Pounds to kilograms division for pediatric medications and multiplication for medication dosing..... adding money to give away money for taxes. Elementary school math but had to take calculus to get my degree for little reason to help save lives
This post was edited on 10/8/20 at 3:33 am
Posted on 10/8/20 at 4:09 am to RX94
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Basic math, algebra, calculus, advanced math
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Hospital pharmacy. Yes, we use the online calculators you can plug numbers in, but I do it on my own to double check. Or we check each other, especially for any pedi dosing, chemo or renal & hepatic dosing.
Hmmm, I never would have thought of that. Is it because you need to use non-linear functions to determine dosage for some medications?
Posted on 10/8/20 at 4:18 am to DaBeerz
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Pounds to kilograms division for pediatric medications
That is interesting but it begs the question why the weights aren't recorded in kg or the dosage charts aren't provided in pounds as the unit of weight. Not saying you aren't capable of dividing by 2.2 (or 2.20462 yada yada depending on the precision needed) but it seems to just be adding another potential point of failure to the system.
This post was edited on 10/8/20 at 4:19 am
Posted on 10/8/20 at 4:51 am to Obtuse1
Yes it is stupid, but most electronic medical records still only code for pounds since we are in America so you have to always divide by 2.2...makes no sense to me but I have to pull up my phone or do it on computer to get right dosages
This post was edited on 10/8/20 at 4:53 am
Posted on 10/8/20 at 5:00 am to Obtuse1
At my last job i was a loftsman at a fabrication yard. We figured out cut patterns for the ends of structural pipe to build offshore jackets, pipe decks, boat bumpers, vent booms..... We had to do know how to do slide angles, batter, true batter. Enter all that into a program and it would spit out a pattern. So we used a lot of geometry.
Now I'm a draftsman, we have some more advanced programs so we hardly use any math other than basic math and some very basic geometry.
Now I'm a draftsman, we have some more advanced programs so we hardly use any math other than basic math and some very basic geometry.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 5:30 am to Obtuse1
I use software for all my math, but if I didn't have access to it I'd be doing basic trig and simple calculus. I've been using software for so long that I couldn't survive without it.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 5:31 am to Obtuse1
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This post was edited on 10/22/20 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 10/8/20 at 5:32 am to Rize
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Yeah I’m fricked on those. I use them with ease but don’t ask me to create one.
What? So you can type numbers into a cell but have no idea how the formulas work?
I’m not even talking macros
Posted on 10/8/20 at 5:34 am to CockyTime
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This post was edited on 10/22/20 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 10/8/20 at 6:00 am to Paul Allen
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Paul Allen
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Addition. Watching my paper stack and counting them hundreds.
I am surprised, I thought you would have an entire team at either Deloitte or PwC tracking the depth of your Scrooge McDuck pool.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 6:07 am to Obtuse1
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The calculus thread got me thinking about what math I have used in my life since undergrad. Since I am not in a STEM field I have used calculus VERY rarely, maybe 3-4 times with acoustics but I could have arrived at a value good enough for my purposes by eyeballing the data.
I use geometry/trig fairly often and understanding logarithms occasionally comes in handy. I also use basic algebra a lot but I think everyone does even if they don't see their thought process as algebra. The understanding of stats comes in handy too.
Curious what math other people use regularly.
Geometry / trig / algebra, probability.
I sort of try and keep up with math to some sense. I'm working through Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose right now. Helps keep my problem solving skills on point.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 6:15 am to Obtuse1
Hmm, I don’t use much math regularly, but I do use a ton of logical expressions, which is somewhat related to math, I suppose.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 6:21 am to Epic Cajun
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Hmm, I don’t use much math regularly, but I do use a ton of logical expressions, which is somewhat related to math, I suppose.
The (unfortunately large) amount of people who say math is dumb and we shouldn't teach it so much in favor of practical things have largely missed the point. All math does is teach you how to problem solve, so even if you arent' going to use calculus or some other levels of math.
It is still very valuable to teach your mind how to recognize (1) a starting point (2) the end point goal (3) the tools / knowledge you have available and finally (4) craft a path to reach the end point. This is very similar to CS classes - that if you don't use them, you have learned how to problem solve on a much greater level that seems to be missing for many, many people. Hell even stuff like carpentry and restoration type electives help teach that sort of mentality but I find it is missing in most of the, generally smart, young people we hire in a lot of cases.
I took a few programming classes, C++ and also a programming architecture type course (was very very interesting actually) and while I don't use those languages directly - they have been invaluable in helping me craft these excel / word templates that are the real lynchpin for our business.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 7:25 am to Obtuse1
Trig
Posted on 10/8/20 at 7:31 am to Obtuse1
Probability.
Posted on 10/8/20 at 7:33 am to Lonnie Utah
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This post was edited on 10/22/20 at 5:09 pm
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