Many artists today are in what is called applied art. They use
their ability in advertise, interior decoration, or some similar job.【1】______
But people in business which hire the artists for that kind of work 【2】______
say that simple artist ability is not enough. There are lots of young【3】______
people who have that. But not enough of them who know anything 【4】______
about physics, or mechanical things, or math.
To be a druggist you have to study chemistry. You can't learn
chemistry without knowing something about algebra.
How about a nurse？ One of the requiring subjects in a course of 【5】______
nursing is known to material medica. In materia me dica you'll 【6】______
learn how to figure out doses and prepare for medicines. Algebra is 【7】______
important in doing the figuring. Too many student nurses flunk out
of the course because of their weak math.
It's the same for many trades. If you want to be a crafts-man, 【8】______
a machinist, a molder, and a patternmaker, you'll need algebra and 【9】______
geometry and even trigonometry.
Even you want to go into business for yourself, you'll need 【10】______
math. Business today, whether it is running a little gas station or a
big factory, takes good management. Good management takes mathematics
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