Chapter 22
Taking on Applications
IN THIS CHAPTER
Mixing it up with money, fluids, and foods
Keeping track of the ages
Going the distance with distance problems
Working it all out with work problems
Applications are what mathematics is all about. Okay, so you get a lot of pleasure out of adding decimals, subtracting exponentials, multiplying logarithms, and dividing well, anything! But the reason mathematics is so important is because, using it correctly, you can live and work successfully. Mathematical concepts and theorems were all developed to help answer questions. And here, in this chapter, you are getting some of those questions answered!
Making Mixtures Magically Mathematical
Mixtures come in all shapes and sizes — or all ingredients and values. You can mix up milk and chocolate sauce, and have differing intensities. You can mix up all those coins in the jar and always have the same amount of money. Mixing it up is what this section is all about. A common thread with mixture problems is that you will have a number of different items, with each item worth or weighing a different ...
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