Money Definition and 277 Threads

Hi everyone: I have a few questions relating to inflation and money, which my roommate and I were talking about over dinner and into breakfast this morning. First, is there any way to track inflation each year? As in, how do you know how much inflation of the dollar took place for a year or...

I am 21, still living at home and attend college/work part time. I make above minimum wage and have around $2500 saved up. I am responsible for my car payment, food, gas and other necessities. Is that a decent amount for my age?

First and foremost, I apologize if this question is posted in the wrong section. I wasn't sure where to place it and figured it was at least tangentially related to math (and that the mods/admin would re-route my thread topic to a new location if appropriate :-p). On to my question...

In short, I finished my AA at one college and had been working on my Bachelors from my current college. However, due to family circumstances, I had to take a break this semester (and possibly next semester too). I now desperately need to find a decent paying job for financial stability. I'm...

I have a penchant for spending money, i live my life as if there will be no tomorrow ok i have a little in the bank and i would hate to loose it, but i love going out for meals and nice clothes and would not give this way of life up unless i absolutely had to.

Hi, I am currently a freshman in college and I'm trying to decide on what career path I should follow. Ever since I was little I loved astronomy, from watching shows about it on the science channel, reading books about it, and sitting outside just stargazing. But now I'm faced with a decision...

HI. Will begin looking to start college, need career advice. I have been looking into investment banking and it seems interesting. What degree would you choose or should I choose for the money? Economics Computer Science Or others I may be mildly dyscalculiac

Homework Statement I have the following question to answer: "A U.S. dollar equals 0.716 European euros, and a Japanese yen equals 0.00776 European euros. How much Japanese yen equals a U.S. dollar?" Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution To solve the problem, I tried chain-link conversion...

In my base 10 math world there are rules for the gender of 1st generation numbers. They are: Primes alternate between 1 gender and another(specifically M and F) Composites have 3 more rules related to number of factors: M factors > F factors = M M factors < F factors = F M factors = F factors...

Dr. Courtney submitted a new PF Insights post Science for Love or for Money Continue reading the Original PF Insights Post.

With all a biological organism has to do in the way of allocating limited resources among lots of different parts that need them in a timely manner, I'm wondering if there are biological chemicals that are closely analogous to money. I've heard ATP referred to as the common currency of...

TL;DR Go for Physics (which I'm not sure if I'm really passionate about it but can't think of any alternatives) or go do something that can earn big bucks.First things first, I'm halfway through my A levels (equivalent of IB) and university application is coming up real soon. I'm privileged...

Ok. I'm now studying economics and applied math, and I'm currently wanting to know what book or online resource could help me in learning how to model real life situations into functions. Most math and econ textbooks are garbage at this. I'll be more specific. In my study of Microeconomics...

You exchange it for what other people believe the money's worth. I gave you the simplest example. 1 bitcoin=1 pizza , 1 bitcoin =1000 pizzas or dollars or whatever . :wink:

Homework Statement A vehicle purchase for $32,000 depreciates at a rate of 75% every 6 years. Another vehicle purchased for $16,000 depreciates at a rate of 50% every 4 years. Create an exponential function for each situation, and use the functions to algebraically determine the amount of time...

hello all. my question : John's money = 2/5 from SGD24000 Mike's money = 1/2 from John's money Felix's money = 1/3 from Mike's money determine all (sum) money them? i have tried : for John's money = 24000 x 5/2 = 60.000 for Mike's money = 1/2 x 60000 = 30000 for Felix's money = 1/3 x 60000...

Problem that I am not sure that I am doing right One hundred dollars was divided between Ann and Sandy. If Ann received X dollars, write expression for the amount that Sandy would relieved. Would it be 200 - X or 200/X?

Hey all. I'll be transferring to a four year university in the fall. Once I'm into wherever I go, I'll need to start looking for money in order to minimize the debt I accrue over my undergrad. I was wondering what experience any of you have in looking for support. I'm going to be getting a fair...

Hi, Right now I am in my 3rd year of a dual construction management and environmental engineering degree. I have an interest in building things (both design & construction), but more important to me is a career with a high income and quality of life. I am debating between a structural...

I have become completely indecisive on what exact major/career I want to go in to. Originally it was all programming and Computer Science. After a whole course of C++ coding, I fell out of love with it. Then I wanted to work on the physical components of a computer, designing processors and...

I am completely stressing out over whether or not I should attend DeVry. For the past year I have been completely confident in my decision to attend there. I have gone to a community college for the past 2 years and have completed my Gen. Ed. courses which will help out in my costs for DeVry...

Hello, I'm currently in college and getting a bachelors degree in physics and engineering, I also might get a bachelors in math too. I was wondering how much money I would start off getting with those degrees together? I've seen how much engineers get and physicist but what if you have both? Thanks

Critics of human space flight (which I usually identify as) generally feel that manned missions are a huge waste of money. The case is made that the amount of science you get per dollar spent on manned missions does not make them worthwhile, and that money should be spent on better science...

Which one makes more money: free iOS app or free iPhone app?

Hi and thank you for reading this, I live in Canada and will soon be going for my last year in high school, and I really want to pursue a career in physics, I've wanted this for a long time(5 years). Physics just intrigues me, and I'm quite good at it, but my family's income isn't that great...

Seems like good career guidance no matter what career you get into: https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140728185743-658789-8-slow-difficult-steps-to-become-a-millionaire

Various artists have made art that represents money. One that I find astounding is a guy who carves(!) representations of paper money out of wood. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?161218-quot-old-money-quot

Hello folks. The last time I owned a telescope was about 30 years ago in New York. My dad and I used it to look at the moon, mainly because that was all we could see in the city ;) My son has taken an interest in astronomy and seeing as how we currently live a few hours away from a dark sky...

Interesting thoughts. Certainly the sample size is far too small, but maybe there is something to take away from this study. Why we should give free money to everyone https://decorrespondent.nl/541/why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone/35246939860-ec3a6c3e Is It Nuts to Give to the...

Are multivitamins a waste of money? Editorial in medical journal says yes http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/16/health/multivitamins-studies/index.html I've taken vitamins and supplements during some periods and I admit, I can't tell the difference.

A wallet has $\$460$, in $\$5$, $\$10$, and $\$20$ bills. the number of $\$5$ bills exceeds twice the number of $\$10$ bills by $4$, while the number of $\$20$ bills is 6 fewer than the number of $\$10$ bills. how many bills of each type are there? i solved this problem in two ways by 1st...

4. In 1950, Family A borrowed 100 grams of gold from Family B with an interest (in gold) of 7%, compounded annually at the end of the year. Every January 1st, Family A pays o half of what it owes Family B. (a) How much gold will Family A eventually give back to Family B? (b) How much gold was...

Im a senior, I took AP Chemistry last year, and I am in AP Calculus, AP Biology, and AP Physics. I excel at chemistry (on the high school level) and I have always had a passion for it, specially organic chemistry, but now that I am in Calculus and Physics, I have reallllyyyy come to love them...

Okay so I'm trying to figure out how to do this example problem and if someone can solve it for me and show the work it would be awesome. My professor is great but i can't comprehend this subject in-particular. the question is.. "You are the accountant for Leather City, a retail furniture...

So this one is going around Facebook. I wanted to run it past my trusted scientifically literate friends here at PF before heeding any of the "advice."

Hello all! I currently trade currencies in Forex Market, and I somewhat understand the concept of being a winner long term, but I want to actually see how the numbers can run statistically. Formulas on how it should be calculated would be nice! (I should of paid attention in my statistics class...

I've posted questions on other forums asking people why they became engineers, and the majority of people claimed they did it because of a passion for building things, interested in how things work, etc. However, when doing a search on this forum, I stumbled upon this thread...

Hello, i just finished my study in physics with a master degree and want to know where i can earn the most money with it. In which branch, position and country should i go?

Why did the ISS cost just over 57 times as much as the LHC? What was it about the ISS that made it so expensive to build? $150billion is crazy! The LHC costs just $2.6billion

I'm in my last year of college as an undergraduate physics B.S. and have so far tried astronomy and materials science research internships and haven't liked either of them that much. I enjoy the theory behind astrophysics but don't enjoy programming all day. On the other hand, I like the...

It's clear that both ends of the economic spectrum feel a sense of entitlement. http://www.upworthy.com/take-two-normal-people-add-money-to-just-one-of-them-and-watch-what-happens-next

I have been trying to learn more about some of the latest research in different fields. I had been given some good websites to take a look at a while back here on the forums. However, though the sites give a nice overview of the research, they are not very in-depth or technical. In order to...

I will be very soon filling my university admissions preferences. I can't really make a decision because I have to consider many things, for example, job availability for the degree I choose, etc. My passion is to work in scientific research, be it in computer research, energy research, defense...

Hello there, it's quite a longtime since last time I pose my question here. ---------------------- '90% of money in the world don't really exist' I can't remember when or where I heard this form, not really matter. but... is it true? Imagine that Every single person in the world...

I have about 15k I want to put somewhere that will give me a good amount of interest. My current bank, Wells Fargo, gives me about 0.01% interest, which is so pathetic I'm actually losing more money than that from inflation. I've read that there are some banks that go up to 1%. They're like...

Then what's the point in going to college? I mean obviously you need to support yourself and I know for sure if I don't finish my degree I won't be able to... it's just that... I thought the whole point in furthering your education as much as you can was just that... to make yourself more...

I am a senior undergrad who will be enrolling in a PhD program next semester. I haven't decided yet on the exact program, but the offers that I have received guarantee an average stipend of about $22,000 per year. I believe health insurance is also included in most packages (although I will...

Hello, I am currently considering going into physics as a career. Even with the little knowledge that I have, I think the field will make an interesting and exciting career. However, the honest truth is that I do care about money. Having a lot of money would open up many ways to do great...

Homework Statement Radioactive nuclei A are produced at a rate R per second in a nuclear reactor. They decay with probability λ per second. (Qu 1-2 involving deriving the rate of change and number particles at any given time, I've done this). 3) Show the activity tends to R, a constant, as...

Here is a funny story for your review: http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2005/09/yapping_about_m.html The gist of it is, on a small island the locals use as their currency massive (several tons) stone wheels. The stone wheels are so massive and difficult to move, they don't...