Maths in space
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Hi guys,
It has always interested me how a person who will be selected for a Mars mission will have to be an expert in Maths and coding, like for instance Matt Damon;-)
I was never really good at maths in high school and ended up in a class described — unusually — as ‘Maths in space’. I say unusually because it was the lowest unit, yet maths for space would require the highest or most advanced students. I think ‘Maths in community’ might have been more accurate, although admittedly it would not help me as I have a maths problem which I cannot solve but which will be very easy for some of you as it is an everyday calculation, and it comes to this:
In a period of 42 months a premium has gone up by $273.40.
On 13/10/2015 it was: $422.40/month.
On 16/04/2019 it was: $695.80/month.
Obviously on 14/10/2015 it didn’t shoot up by $273.40, that has been a gradual increase, so the amount is not going to be $273.40 x 42 months. But what is it?
I want to find out out how much more has been paid over that period of time in premium? Another way of asking the question is: if the increase didn’t occur, how much would I have saved if I was paying $422.40/month for that 42 month period.
Not sure if it helps, but that period equals 1,282 days.
Cheers,
Dan
It has always interested me how a person who will be selected for a Mars mission will have to be an expert in Maths and coding, like for instance Matt Damon;-)
I was never really good at maths in high school and ended up in a class described — unusually — as ‘Maths in space’. I say unusually because it was the lowest unit, yet maths for space would require the highest or most advanced students. I think ‘Maths in community’ might have been more accurate, although admittedly it would not help me as I have a maths problem which I cannot solve but which will be very easy for some of you as it is an everyday calculation, and it comes to this:
In a period of 42 months a premium has gone up by $273.40.
On 13/10/2015 it was: $422.40/month.
On 16/04/2019 it was: $695.80/month.
Obviously on 14/10/2015 it didn’t shoot up by $273.40, that has been a gradual increase, so the amount is not going to be $273.40 x 42 months. But what is it?
I want to find out out how much more has been paid over that period of time in premium? Another way of asking the question is: if the increase didn’t occur, how much would I have saved if I was paying $422.40/month for that 42 month period.
Not sure if it helps, but that period equals 1,282 days.
Cheers,
Dan