Back in the pencil and paper math days, algebra was useful for some figuring. But now with a calculator on every phone with more computing power than the Apollo space capsules, who needs it?
” But now with a calculator on every phone with more computing power than the Apollo space capsules, who needs it?”
You can’t get to calculus with algebra. You can’t be an engineer without calculus.
who needs it?
After I had radiation treatment, I had a doctor ask me to start at 98 and subtract 7 then count backwards. So I said 91,84,77,70,63,56,49 and he interrupted me. OK, that’s enough. I asked why he asked me that question. He said that exercise uses a part of your brain that is rarely used. He was checking for damage from the radiation.
There is people who cannot comprehend the concepts that algebra uses. They have a deficiency in their brain that prevents them from learning it.