Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences

For a one-semester or one-quarter course covering calculus for students majoring in business, economics, social sciences, or life sciences.

This mid-level text covers calculus with an emphasis on cross-discipline principles and practices. Student-friendly and accessible, it develops a thorough, functional understanding of mathematical concepts in preparation for their application in other areas. Coverage concentrates on developing concepts and ideas followed immediately by developing computational skills and problem solving.

FEATURES

• Over 290 numbered worked examples, including many with lettered parts.
  • The examples are annotated and the problem-solving steps are clearly identified. This gives students extra assistance in solving the problem.
  • Think Boxes (dashed boxes) are used to enclose steps that are usually performed mentally (see section 1-1).
• A “Matched Problem” follows each example.
  • This gives the student an opportunity to reinforce and test his/her understanding of the concept presented in the preceding example. Answers to these problems are located in the Answers Section, located at the end of the text.
• Over 4,000 carefully selected and graded examples are divided into A, B, and C levels of difficulty.
  • The exercise sets contain application problems that are split into three different types: 1) Business and Economics; 2) Life Science; 3) Social Science. These different types cater to the diverse needs of the student.
• Large variety of up-to-date applications use simplified versions of real models.
  • Illustrates the relevance of mathematics to the real world and gives students opportunities to create and interpret mathematical models.
• Explore-Discuss boxes are integrated in every section.
  • Encourages students to think about a relationship or process before a result is stated, or investigate additional consequences of a development in the text, so that they can better participate in the learning process and discussion- both in and out of class.
• Chapter Review exercises and answers are included, as well as suggested group activities and key terms.
• Optional graphing utility examples and exercises are clearly identified by an icon.
  • Provides a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts and allows students to solve problems that cannot be solved by hand.
• Algebra review appears in Appendix A.
• Library of Elementary Functions provides optional material that can be covered in its entirety or referred to as needed.
  • Encourages students to view mathematical ideas and processes graphically, numerically, and algebraically.
• Topic selection, coverage, and organization reflects the course outlines and catalogs of many major colleges and universities.
  • Takes into account the way the course is typically taught. Gives students the essential mathematical skills needed to effectively pursue courses of study in business and economics.
• Optional regression analysis includes graphing calculator and spreadsheet output.
  • Illustrates one of the basic tools of mathematical modeling with optional examples and exercises, so that students can relate the text topics to the real world.