Applied Mathematics for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences: Interactive Video Skillbuilder with Graphing Calculator Tutorial

In the second edition of his popular book Applied Mathematics For The Managerial, Life, And Social Sciences, Soo Tan builds on the features that have made his books market leaders -- a real-life, problem-solving approach, a concise writing style, and wealth of interesting and illustrative applications. The author provides plenty of pedagogical tools to help readers understand and comprehend the material, and he now includes innovative use of technology that is optional but integrated throughout the book. Tan is also well-known for his ability to present quantitative techniques in an intuitive and accessible yet accurate manner.
-- Many new applications have been added, such as the growth in use of e-mails, out-of-pocket health care costs for senior citizens, strength of a reaction to a drug, growth of on-line shopping, and spread of HIV.
-- Using Technology sections include current, relevant applications for using the graphing utility whenever many calculations are needed.