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For All Practical Purposes
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©2016ISBN:9781319117306
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From nature, to science and industry, to economics, finance, and politics, For All Practical Purposes uses both contemporary and classic examples that will reveal the value and application of math in your everyday life. The book offers a series of independent chapters on high-interest topics, including business management, data literacy, voting and elections, game theory, design, and finance. Quizzing and study tools online in Achieve further connect the relevant applications of the text to assessment to test your understanding and help you prepare for exams.
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Part I MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Chapter 1 Urban Services
Chapter 2 Business Efficiency
Chapter 3 Planning and Scheduling
Chapter 4 Mathematics in Your Daily Life: Linear Programming
Part II STATISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF DATA
Chapter 5 Exploring Data: Distributions
Chapter 6 Exploring Data: Relationships
Chapter 7 Data for Decisions
Chapter 8 Probability: The Mathematics of Chance
Part III VOTING AND SOCIAL CHOICE
Chapter 9 Social Choice
Chapter 10 Weighted Voting Systems
Chapter 11 From Primaries to Presidency
Part IV FAIRNESS AND GAME THEORY
Chapter 12 Fair Division
Chapter 13 Apportionment
Chapter 14 Game Theory: The Mathematics of Competition
Part V ON SIZE AND GROWTH
Chapter 15 Growth and Form
Chapter 16 Symmetry and Pattern
Chapter 17 Tilings
Part VI YOUR MONEY AND THE WORLD’S RESOURCES
Chapter 18 Money Over Time
Chapter 19 Loan Models
Chapter 20 The Economics of Resources