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21 AprGeometry, Who Needs it?

There is one classic question from students around the world, “When are we going to use geometry in real life?” Geometry, the world’s great science, it in fact plays a major role in everyday human.

Evidence is needed so that when it comes time, we would not be surprised about how useful mathematics in everyday activities. Before the advent of global positioning system (GPS), the sailors used the basic principles of geometry to find locations and calculate distances. If you know a sailor, you’ll know that the geometry used tricks old sailors, especially if the technology is being damaged.

Not only that, many other professions using the basic principles of geometry as the engineer who use geometry every day to calculate and adjust the angle, for example, precision angle to the plane.
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