{"product_id":"finite-mathematics-isbn-9780470876398","title":"Finite Mathematics","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis text is an unbound, binder-ready edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSullivan's \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinite Mathematics: An Applied Approach, Binder Ready Version 11th Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e continues its rich tradition of demonstrating how mathematics applies to various fields of study through its engaging writing style and relevant applications. The purpose of the text is to provide a survey of mathematical analysis techniques used in the working world while also giving students practice in analytical thinking and the application of knowledge to their chosen fields of study. This edition is packed with real data and real-life applications to business, economics, and social and life sciences--thereby giving your students the confidence they need succeed in the classroom and beyond. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWileyPLUS sold separately from text.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Linear Equations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Lines 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Pairs of Lines 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Applications in Business and Economics 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Scatter Diagrams; Linear Curve Fitting 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Systems of Linear Equations 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Systems of Linear Equations: Substitution; Elimination 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Systems of Linear Equations: Gaussian Elimination 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Systems of\u003ci\u003e m\u003c\/i\u003e Linear Equations Containing\u003ci\u003e n\u003c\/i\u003e Variables 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Matrices 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Matrix Algebra 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Multiplication of Matrices 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 The Inverse of a Matrix 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Applications in Economics (the Leontief Model), Accounting, and Statistics (the Method of Least Squares) 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Linear Programming with Two Variables 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Systems of Linear Inequalities 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 A Geometric Approach to Linear Programming Problems with Two Variables 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Models Utilizing Linear Programming with Two Variables 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Linear Programming: Simplex Method 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The Simplex Tableau; Pivoting 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The Simplex Method: Solving Maximum Problems in Standard Form 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Solving Minimum Problems Using the Duality Principle 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 The Simplex Method for Problems Not in Standard Form 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Finance 293\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Interest 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Compound Interest 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Annuities; Sinking Funds 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Present Value of an Annuity; Amortization 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Annuities and Amortization Using Recursive Sequences 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Probability 355\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Sets 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 The Number of Elements in a Set 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 The Multiplication Principle 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Sample Spaces and the Assignment of Probabilities 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Properties of the Probability of an Event 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Expected Value 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Additional Probability Topics 421\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Conditional Probability 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Independent Events 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Bayes’ Theorem 445\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Permutations 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Combinations 465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 The Binomial Probability Model 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Statistics 505\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction to Statistics: Data and Sampling 506\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Representing Qualitative Data Graphically: Bar Graphs; Pie Charts 509\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Organizing and Displaying Quantitative Data 517\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Measures of Central Tendency 532\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Measures of Dispersion 541\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 The Normal Distribution 553\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 565\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 572\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Markov Chains; Games 575\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Markov Chains and Transition Matrices 576\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Regular Markov Chains 587\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Absorbing Markov Chains 600\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Two-Person Games 611\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Mixed Strategies 615\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Optimal Strategy in Two-Person Zero-Sum Games with 2 x 2 Matrices 620\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 627\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 631\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Logic 633\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Propositions 634\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Truth Tables 639\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Implications; The Biconditional Connective; Tautologies 648\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Arguments 655\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Logic Circuits 661\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Review 665\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Project 668\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A Review A-1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 Real Numbers A-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 Algebra Essentials A-16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.3 Exponents and Logarithms A-28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.4 Recursively Defined Sequences: Geometric Sequences A-34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.5 The Binomial Theorem A-42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix B Using Lindo to Solve Linear Programming Problems B-1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix C Graphing Utilities C-1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.1 The Viewing Rectangle C–1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.2 Using a Graphing Utility to Graph Equations C–3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.3 Square Screens C–6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.4 Using a Graphing Utility to Graph Inequalities C–7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers to Odd-Numbered Problems AN-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhoto Credits PC-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index I-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Chicago State University where he taught for 35 years before retiring a few years ago. Dr. Sullivan is a member of American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges. He is President of Text and Academic Authors Association and represents that organization on the Authors Coalition of America, Mike has been writing textbooks in mathematics for over 30 years. He currently has 13 books in print: 3 texts with John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons and 10 with Prentice-Hall. Six of these titles are co-authored with his son, Michael Sullivan III. He has four children: Kathleen, who teaches college mathematics; Michael, who teaches college mathematics, Dan who is a Prentice-Hall sales representative, and Colleen, who teaches middle school mathematics. Nine grandchildren round out the family.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989214904549,"sku":"NP9780470876398","price":111.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470876398.jpg?v=1761783237","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/finite-mathematics-isbn-9780470876398","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}