The Role Of Math In Hurricane Sandy

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We live inside a mathematical world. If there is no math in this world, we will not be able to learn about the parts of universe that we cannot go or see. Especially, we can see math in Hurricane Sandy when it comes to hit off. Hurricane Sandy involves such as pressure, temperature, speed and etc. Math which involves wind speed, pressure or temperature based forecasting has been using in an attempt to predict where a Hurricane Sandy is going to occur or how strong it is. And this is the proof that Hurricane Sandy has a math because if it does not involve math, people neither will be able to predict a storm nor avoid from damage. When the water temperature be at least 80 Fahrenheit and when the wind blow continuously in different directions

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