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jeffgarcia
jeffgarcia
Student
High School - 11th Grade

What jobs require you to use trigonometry and how is it used in jobs?

Please explain how to use trigonometry in a job in great detail, so I can get a better understanding on how to apply it in the real world.

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Posted by jeffgarcia on Wednesday April 22, 2009 at 10:37 PM and tagged with geometry, math.

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  1. giorgiana1976
    giorgiana1976 Teacher
    Doctorate

    eNotes Editor

    Civil engineering (calculus of surfaces, shapes etc.), manufacturing products technologies (to determine the important angles of the manufacturing tools, could become a serious issue) and many other jobs require trigonometry knowledges.

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    Posted by giorgiana1976 on Friday April 24, 2009 at 10:13 AM

  2. neela
    neela Teacher
    Graduate School

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    Trigonometry is used in geography and navigation . The sailors were known to have been using it to detrmine their position , when they were in the middle of the see.

    In astronomy to calculate the position of the planets we use trigonometry and spherical trigonometry. The geographical concept of latitude longitude is an application of trigonometry, by which you can identify any location in the world.In military science, the position and distance determination could made through subtending angles at two known points.

    Science and mathematics are themselves a field of application of trigonometry. Analytical geometry, calculus, dynamics, satelite launching, Physics, Chemistry are enriched by the trigonometry.

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    Posted by neela on Thursday June 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM