
- 735 pages
- English
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Finite Mathematics
About this book
FINITE MATHEMATICS, Seventh Edition, uses a large number of applications based on real data from business, economics, and the life and social sciences to help you see how mathematics relates to your own life and interests. Thorough TI Graphing Calculator and spreadsheet instructions appear throughout the text, and optional WebAssign platform includes detailed teaching videos by an award-winning instructor. With these tools, plus the authors' website with online interactive tutorials and videos on every topic, this text will help you "get" mathematics -- whatever your learning style may be.
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Key takeaways
Apply fundamental algebraic concepts and functional models to analyze real-world data from business, economics, and the life sciences, including linear regression.
Solve systems of linear equations and perform matrix operations to model and analyze problems in finance, game theory, and input-output systems. Utilize linear programming techniques, such as the Simplex Method, for optimization.
Calculate probabilities using counting techniques, conditional probability, and Bayes' Theorem, and analyze random variables and their distributions. Apply statistical measures to interpret data and make informed decisions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- FrontMatter
- Chapter 0: Precalculus Review
- Chapter 1: Functions and Applications
- Chapter 2: The Mathematics of Finance
- Chapter 3: Systems of Linear Equations and Matrices
- Chapter 4: Matrix Algebra and Applications
- Chapter 5: Linear Programming
- Chapter 6: Sets and Counting
- Chapter 7: Probability
- Chapter 8: Random Variables and Statistics
- Appendix A: Logic
- Appendix B: Area Under a Normal Curve
- Answers to Selected Exercises
- Index
- Index of Applications
- Index of Applications, continued
- Index of Applications, continued
- Index of Companies and Agencies
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