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For All Practical Purposes
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Covering nature, science and industry, politics, finance, and more, For All Practical Purposes shows you how math can be found throughout your everyday life. Classic and contemporary examples focus on high-interest topics such as business management, voting, and bar codes to keep you engaged in the content and help you succeed.
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Part I MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
1. Urban Services2. Business Efficiency3. Planning and Scheduling4. Linear Programming and the Transportation Problem
Part II STATISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF DATA5. Exploring Data: Distributions6. Exploring Data: Relationships7. Data for Decisions 8. Probability: The Mathematics of Chance
Part III VOTING AND SOCIAL CHOICE9. Social Choice: The Impossible Dream10. The Manipulability of Voting Systems11. Weighted Voting Systems12. Electing the President
Part IV FAIRNESS AND GAME THEORY13. Fair Division14. Apportionment15. Game Theory: The Mathematics of Competition
Part V THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION16. Identification Numbers17. Encoding Information
Part VI ON SIZE AND GROWTH18. Growth and Form 19. Symmetry and Patterns20. Tilings
Part VII YOUR MONEY AND RESOURCES21. Savings Models22. Borrowing Models23. The Economics of ResourcesProblem Solving Sets Logic Geometry Counting and Probability Numeration Systems Personal Finance
1. Urban Services2. Business Efficiency3. Planning and Scheduling4. Linear Programming and the Transportation Problem
Part II STATISTICS: THE SCIENCE OF DATA5. Exploring Data: Distributions6. Exploring Data: Relationships7. Data for Decisions 8. Probability: The Mathematics of Chance
Part III VOTING AND SOCIAL CHOICE9. Social Choice: The Impossible Dream10. The Manipulability of Voting Systems11. Weighted Voting Systems12. Electing the President
Part IV FAIRNESS AND GAME THEORY13. Fair Division14. Apportionment15. Game Theory: The Mathematics of Competition
Part V THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION16. Identification Numbers17. Encoding Information
Part VI ON SIZE AND GROWTH18. Growth and Form 19. Symmetry and Patterns20. Tilings
Part VII YOUR MONEY AND RESOURCES21. Savings Models22. Borrowing Models23. The Economics of Resources