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9780395985748

Finite Mathematics

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    9780395985748

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    0395985749

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-10-11
  • Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter concludes with a Summary with Hints and Suggestions
Review Exercises, and Projects and Essays
Functions
Real Numbers, Inequalities, and Lines Application Preview: World-Record Mile Runs
Exponents Application Preview: Size, Shape, and Exponents
Functions Application Preview: Functional Drunkenness
Functions, continued Application Preview: Automobile Efficiency and Rational Functions
Exponential Functions Application Preview: Exponential Functions and the World's Worst Currency
Logarithmic Functions Application Preview: Carbon-14 Dating and the Shroud of Turin
Mathematics of Finance
Simple Interest Application Preview: Benjamin Franklin's Will
Compound Interest Application Preview: Musical Instruments as Investments
Annuities Application Preview: Retirement Planning
Amortization Application Preview: Loan Repayment and the Rule of 78
Matrices and Systems of Equations
Systems of Two Linear Equations in Two Variables Application Preview: A "Taxing" Problem
Matrices and Linear Equations in Two Variables Application Preview: Spreadsheets
Systems of Linear Equations and the Gauss-Jordan Method Application Preview: Ancient Chinese Mathematics
Matrix Arithmetic Application Preview: Matrices and Computers
Inverse Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations Application Preview: Sensitivity Analysis
Two Applications
Linear Programming
Linear Inequalities Application Preview: Northwest Airlines and Crew Schedules
Two-Variable Linear Programming Problems Application Preview: Managing an Investment Portfolio
The Simplex Method for Standard Maximum Problems Application Preview: George Dantzig and the Origins of the Simplex Method
Duality and Standard Minimum Problems Application Preview: Diet Problems and "The Cost of Subsistence
Nonstandard Problems: The Dual Pivot Element and the Two-Stage Method Application Preview: Kantorovich and Production Planning
Nonstandard Problems: Artificial Variables and the Big-M Method Application Preview: Kantorovich and Production Planning
Probability
Sets, Counting, and Venn Diagrams Application Preview: The Chevalier de Mere
Permutations, Combinations, and the Binomial Theorem Application Preview: Starting Lineups
Probability Spaces Application Preview: Coincidences
Conditional Probability and Indedepence Application Preview: Independence and the Law
Bayes' Theorem Application Preview: Airline Hijacking
Random Variables and Distributions Application Preview: Home Run Records
Statistics
Random Samples and Data Organization Application Preview: Roosevelt and Landon in 1936
Measures of Central Tendency Application Preview: Household Incomes
Measures of Variation Application Preview: Pain, Suffering, and Statistics
Normal Distributions and Binomial Approximation Application Preview: The Bell-Shape Curve
Markov Chains
States and Transitions Application Preview: Weather in Sri Lanka
Regular Markov Chains Application Preview: Hidden Markov Models and Genetics
Absorbing Markov Chains Application Preview: Random Walks
Logic
Statements and Connectives Application Preview: Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric
Truth Tables Application Preview: Circuits
Implications Application Preview: "If..., then..." as a Computer Instruction
Valid Arguments Application Preview: Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Intelligence
Quantifiers and Euler Diagrams Application Preview: The Dog Walking Ordinance
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