In whats ways is math used in the military?
(Submitted by: crazykd183)
I’m doing a math project on my future career,and i was wondering how math is used in the military.
I’m doing a math project on my future career,and i was wondering how math is used in the military.
December 14, 2008
• Posted in: Military Career
11 Responses to “In whats ways is math used in the military?”
Bryan
Navigation, fire control, damage control, cooking, logistics, just to name a few.
Freek
I was a Combat Arms Instructor, and you should look up the information on just how to fire a mortar!! Unbeleivable math!! Degrees, angles, trajectories, the formulas we had to use were extruciatingly painful!! Now I work Aircraft Structural repair. Figuring out measurements, rivet spacing, angles, is just the tip of the iceberg!! Yes, math is EXTREMELY important!!
Gretta
Body count,Body count,Body count, Of course.
Sid
As a Submarine Sonar Technician, I use various types of math. I use Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus and Ratios.
I use them for Target Motion Analysis. Contrary to what you see in the movies, subs do not go “ping” to see what is in the ocean. We use passive Sonar, we simply listen. Doing this, we only get a bearing or direction of where a contact is. We use math to determine what the target is doing (Course, Speed, Range) so we can kill it.
I also use it for analysis of targets. I see frequencies from the sound we hear. I use math to let the target tell me as much about it as possible to classify what it is, without ever seeing it is. I also Analyize the frequencies to determine what is needed to kill it.
I use math in every aspect of my job. I can not get into what formulas or ways I use it, but being a Submarine Sonarman you have to very savy in math, or you will not make it far.
Hellen
Lots and lots of applications…
The Army Corp of Engineers….they build all kinds of things that have to be calculated.
The have math formulas to calculate how much food, water, supplies, fuel etc. to get “X” number of soldiers from point A to point B.
Any civilian job translates into military….
Like they have Doctors and Nurses… so medicine dosages have to be calculated.
If a soldier weighs 175 lbs. and you have to give a medication based on the weight of the person… you would have to do Algebra to figure out the correct life-saving does.
There are a bazillian uses for calculating all kinds of things….routinely in the military.
Sherrel
artillery uses math to determine proper trajectory
When i was an engineer we used math (algebra) to determine how much explosive to use to destroy roads, bridges, cut metal, cut down trees, and clear mine fields.
everyone uses math in navigation to determine what direction and distance you are from a point. given a map, a peace of paper a pencil and a protractor (the military one) every soldier needs to know how to solve this within 100 meters.
“You are standing on Highway 1 you see the water tower at 53 degrees magnetic. where are you?”
Marti
I use math all the time when calculating how much explosives to use to do the job also use math to figure out proper standoff from explosives. US ARMY COMBAT ENGINEER.
Shelton
I discussed this with my algebra and physics classes just the other day. We did some problems having to do with projectile motion. When I came home I mentioned it to my husband (USMC mortarman) and he told me that they do the exact same thing in his job to figure out where to aim the mortars.
Adelind
Why don’t you demonstrate math as utilized by artillery by doing a basic ballistic kinematics problem?
In reality, artillerymen rely more on tabulated data because it is quicker. But, someone had to do the math to make that table.
Look up the 3 kinematic equations and try to find a physics problem involving a trajectory online.
Frayda
How is math not used in the military? You could look at almost any aspect of any military and find math from the most visceral, body count as one person above me stated. You could show this as an area of mathematical statistics studies and analysis. Or as others have suggested, the calucation of artifllary trajectory for artillary, or you could use examples of how higher math is used to calculate wave propagation and diffusion for radio and satellite transmissions. Fuel to weight calcuations for carrying cargo, or ordinance on ship and aircraft. Calculating food, water, and ammo needs based on the number of soldiers and their duties. Cartograhy and navigation would be good areas to cover as well.
Fouad
Ask who math is NOT used in the military. The list would be MILES shorter.