Finite Math On The Web Workbook W/ CD

by Texas A & M University

• ISBN13: 9780534365585
• ISBN10: 0534365582
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-16
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Table of Contents

Slopes and Lines	p. 1
Review of Lines	p. 1
Equation of a Line	p. 5
Parallel and Perpendicular Lines	p. 10
Modeling with Lines	p. 13
Exercises	p. 16
Further Explorations	p. 18
Additional Resources	p. 18
Sample Quiz	p. 18
Least Squares	p. 21
Linear Regression	p. 21
Least-Squares Method	p. 24
Non-Linear Regression	p. 30
Derivation of Least Squares [Optional]	p. 31
Exercises	p. 33
Further Explorations	p. 35
Additional Resources	p. 35
Sample Quiz	p. 35
Matrices and Linear Systems	p. 37
Systems of Linear Equations	p. 37
Matrices	p. 47
Matrix Multiplication	p. 49
Matrix Inverses	p. 51
Gauss-Jordan Elimination	p. 55
Exercises	p. 65
Further Explorations	p. 67
Additional Resources	p. 67
Sample Quiz	p. 67
Linear Programming	p. 69
Linear Programming Problems	p. 69
Method of Corners	p. 72
Simplex Method	p. 76
Exercises	p. 81
Further Explorations	p. 83
Additional Resources	p. 83
Sample Quiz	p. 83
Sets	p. 85
Review of Sets	p. 85
Building Sets	p. 88
Venn Diagrams	p. 89
Counting Elements in Sets	p. 91
Exercises	p. 96
Further Explorations	p. 97
Additional Resources	p. 97
Sample Quiz	p. 97
Counting and Probability	p. 101
Multiplication Principle	p. 101
Permutations	p. 104
Combinations	p. 105
Mixed Problems	p. 107
Elementary Probability	p. 109
Exercises	p. 113
Further Explorations	p. 114
Additional Resources	p. 114
Sample Quiz	p. 115
Conditional Probability	p. 117
Conditional Probability	p. 118
Independent Events	p. 124
Bayes' Theorem	p. 126
Exercises	p. 129
Further Explorations	p. 130
Additional Resources	p. 130
Sample Quiz	p. 130
Statistics	p. 133
Characteristics of a Data Set	p. 133
The Histogram	p. 135
The Median of a Distribution	p. 138
The Mean of a Distribution	p. 139
Measures of Spread	p. 140
Exercises	p. 143
Further Explorations	p. 145
Additional Resources	p. 145
Sample Quiz	p. 145
Probability Distributions	p. 147
Probability and Random Variables	p. 147
Uniform Distribution	p. 149
Bernoulli Distribution	p. 151
The Normal Distribution	p. 153
The Law of Large Numbers	p. 159
Exercises	p. 163
Further Explorations	p. 165
Additional Resources	p. 165
Sample Quiz	p. 165
Financial Applications	p. 167
Simple and Compound Interest	p. 167
The Exponential Function	p. 173
Annuities	p. 175
A Simple Stock Market Model	p. 180
Trend Analysis	p. 182
Exercises	p. 184
Further Explorations	p. 185
Additional Resources	p. 185
Sample Quiz	p. 185
Applets	p. 187
Glossary	p. 209
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises	p. 219
Answers to Sample Quizzes	p. 223
Index	p. 231
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