INSTRUCTOR’S TESTING MANUAL USING & UNDERSTANDING MATHEMATICS: A QUANTITATIVE REASONING APPROACH SEVENTH EDITION

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INSTRUCTOR’S TESTING MANUAL USING & UNDERSTANDING MATHEMATICS: A QUANTITATIVE REASONING APPROACH SEVENTH EDITION-Table of Contents 1A Living in the Media Age 1 1B Propositions and Truth Values ... 9 1C Sets and Venn Diagrams 17 1D Analyzing Arguments 29 1E Critical Thinking in Everyday Life 37 2 Approaches to Problem Solving 2A Understand, Solve, and Explain 46 2B Extending Unit Analysis 52 2C Problem-Solving Hints 58 3 Numbers in the Real World 3A Uses and Abuses of Percentages 66 3B Putting Numbers in Perspective 74 3C Dealing with Uncertainty 80 3D Index Numbers: The CPI and Beyond 88 3E How Numbers Can Deceive: Polygraphs, Mammograms, and More 96 4 Managing Money 4A Taking Control of Your Finances 108 4B The Power of Compounding 114 4C Savings Plans and Investments 120 4D Loan Payments, Credit Cards, and Mortgages 126 4E Income Taxes 132 4F Understanding the Federal Budget 140 5 Statistical Reasoning 5A Fundamentals of Statistics 146 5B Should You Believe a Statistical Study? 154 5C Statistical Tables and Graphs 162 5D Graphics in the Media 172 5E Correlation and Causality 176 6 Putting Statistics to Work 6A Characterizing Data 186 6B Measures of Variation 194 6C The Normal Distribution 202 6D Statistical Inference 210 7 Probability: Living with the Odds 7A Fundamentals of Probability 218 7B Combining Probabilities 226 7C The Law of Large Numbers 234 7D Assessing Risk 242 7E Counting and Probability 250 8 Exponential Astonishment 8A Growth: Linear versus Exponential 256 8B Doubling Time and Half-Life 264 8C Real Population Growth 270 8D Logarithmic Scales: Earthquakes, Sounds, and Acids 278 9 Modeling Our World 9A Functions: The Building Blocks of Mathematical Models 284 9B Linear Modeling 290 9C Exponential Modeling 299 10 Modeling with Geometry 10A Fundamentals of Geometry 309 10B Problem Solving with Geometry 319 10C Fractal Geometry 326 11 Mathematics and the Arts 11A Mathematics and Music 330 11B Perspective and Symmetry 334 11C Proportion and the Golden Rule 340 12 Mathematics and Politics 12A Voting: Does the Majority Always Rule? 346 12B Theory of Voting 354 12C Apportionment: The House of Representatives and Beyond 364 12D Dividing the Political Pie 375 Answers to Unit Exams 382 [Show More]

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