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9781570394836

Contemporary Mathematics in Context: A Unified Approach : Course 2

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  • ISBN13:

    9781570394836

  • ISBN10:

    1570394830

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-06-01
  • Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co

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Table of Contents

Preface x
Acknowledgments xiii
To the Student xv
Unit 1 Matrix Models
Building and Using Matrix Models
2(24)
Investigations
There's No Business Like Shoe Business
3(3)
Analyzing Matrices
6(4)
Combining Matrices
10(4)
More
14(12)
Multiplying Matrices
26(33)
Investigations
Brand Switching
27(4)
More Matrix Multiplication
31(5)
The Power of a Matrix
36(5)
Properties of Matrices
41(5)
More
46(13)
Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations
59(16)
Investigations
Smart Promotions, Smart Solutions
60(3)
Comparing Solution Methods
63(3)
More
66(9)
Looking Back
75(5)
Unit 2 Patterns of Location, Shape, and Size
A Coordinate Model of a Plane
80(29)
Investigations
Plotting Polygons and Computing Distances
81(6)
Things Are Not Always What They Seem to Be
87(3)
More
90(12)
Families of Lines
97(5)
More
102(7)
Coordinate Models of Transformations
109(40)
Investigations
Modeling Rigid Transformations
111(9)
More
120(13)
Modeling Size Transformations
126(7)
More
133(11)
Modeling Combinations of Transformations
138(6)
More
144(5)
Transformations, Matrices, and Animation
149(16)
Investigations
Spinning Flags
150(4)
Stretching and Shrinking
154(3)
More
157(8)
Looking Back
165(5)
Unit 3 Patterns of Association
Seeing and Measuring Association
170(16)
Investigation
Rank Correlation
171(8)
More
179(7)
Correlation
186(25)
Investigations
Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
188(9)
Association and Causation
197(3)
More
200(11)
Least Squares Regression
211(16)
Investigations
How Good Is the Fit?
212(4)
The ``Best-Fitting'' Line
216(4)
More
220(7)
Looking Back
227(7)
Unit 4 Power Models
Same Shape, Different Size
234(16)
Investigations
Starting from Cube One
235(3)
The Shape of y = ax2 and y = ax3
238(3)
More
241(9)
Inverse Variation
250(15)
Investigations
Travel Times
251(2)
Sound and Light
253(3)
The Shape of Inverse Variation Models
256(3)
More
259(6)
Quadratic Models
265(24)
Investigations
Going Up . . . Going Down
266(5)
Profit Prospects
271(3)
The Shape of Quadratic Models
274(4)
Solving Quadratic Equations
278(2)
How Many Solutions Are Possible?
280(2)
More
282(7)
Radicals and Fractional Power Models
289(22)
Investigations
The Power of a Brace
290(4)
Powerful Radicals
294(4)
Cube Roots
298(2)
Operating with Powers
300(3)
More
303(8)
Looking Back
311(8)
Index of Mathematical Topics 319(3)
Index of Contexts 322

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