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Pro Math: Crime Stoppers

25 minutes, 37 seconds

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Man and woman in white lab coats look at a computer while pressing buttons on a controller. Caption. They also rely on ballistics to match bullets and guns.

Introduces viewers to the world of crime-fighting and how mathematical concepts are intrinsically tied to a crime's solution. Law enforcement officials explain how they use math to find angles of trajectory, distance, time, data analysis, probability, and statistics to solve crimes of murder, embezzlement, traffic accidents, bombings, etc. Stresses the real and practical applications of math in law enforcement.

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Runtime: 25 minutes, 37 seconds

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