The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a law enforcement agency used by the United States government. The FBI has been solving cases since 1908 and has been a global leader in solving crimes ever since. The FBI uses a multitude of different methods to solve a case, and many of them include mathematics. It uses mathematics to solve cases using statistics to make predictions about a case, special angles when shooting a gun, using geometry to create a geographic area to search in and recognition of shapes to find a place where a criminal could strike. The FBI uses Statistics to solve hundreds of cases, Statistics allows the FBI to make predictions to solve a case before they have enough evidence to solve it. Since the FBI is the largest law enforcement agency in the United States, focused primarily on American soil, the FBI needs a way to stay organized. So he created a computer program called ViCAP. ViCAP is a database containing all FBI crimes. This program can be used to find a similar case in years past and look back to see what type of person the statistics point to. The FBI uses advanced statistics compiled by using the mean (average) and looking at the type of person who committed the crime, the severity of the crime, and the age of the person who committed the crime. In the field, FBI agents take notes on the smallest thing that could give an idea of ​​the resolution of a case, for example if the crime scene is organized and indicates several crimes. Statistics are also compiled when searching for a stolen item, such as money in a bank, for example if money is stolen; statistics can tell you where to look, age, gender, ethnicity and type of person (down to what car they might drive). Statistics are especially important in the middle of paper ......nary of American history. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Flight. 6. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 135. Student Resources in Context. Internet. April 19, 2014. “Women victims”. Women in American Society. Melissa J. Doak. 2012 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Information Plus Reference Series. Student resources in context. Internet. April 20, 2014. “For February 3, 2013, NBC. » NBC Nightly News [Transcript] February 4, 2013. Student Resources in Context. Internet. April 20, 2014. “How many guns are there and who do they belong to?” » Gun control: restricting rights or protecting people? Sandra M. Alters. 2011 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Information Plus Reference Series. Student resources in context. Internet. 21 April 2014. Coles, Clifton. "Mapping poverty: Researchers work to delineate the world's wealth gaps. (Demographics)." The Futurist May-June 2003: 16. Student resources in context. Internet. April 22. 2014.