SOLUTION: does algebra have to do with the world around us?

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Question 43829: does algebra have to do with the world around us?
Answer by fractalier(2101) About Me  (Show Source):
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Well learning algebra is good for two main reasons.
First, it is a basic tool used by all technical professionals. All physics and engineering, not to mention chemistry, business, and statistics depend on it intimately. Without it, so many of the advancements you depend on every day would not be here.
Second, the pursuit of algebra teaches logical thinking and probem-solving skills. Of course not everyone needs these skills and so to force everyone to learn algebra is a fool's errand, in my humble opinion, but it is important to have an educated populace, not a mongrel band of knuckle-scraping idiots...