College Mathematics with Technology for Business, Economics, Life and Social Sciences

Taking great care to be mathematically correct and highly accessible to students, this text prepares students to deal with finite mathematics - a collection of important topics from mathematics of finance, linear algebra, linear programming, probability, and statistics - and calculus - a traditional subject now used extensively in a wide variety of disciplines. Stressing computational skills, ideas, and problem solving (rather than mathematical theory), it highlights the interplay between geometric, algebraic, and numerical ideas - encouraging students to verbalize these concepts - and shows how to effectively use such modern technology as graphic calculators and computers.