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For this edition the authors have increased the use of applied examples and exercises, which let students focus on the real-life applications of mathematics. All the applications are titled and incorporate source-based data, allowing instructors and students to easily identify problems of interest. Many of the applications feature mathematical models based on real data or real data in table form, thereby providing students with increased opportunities to use, construct, and analyze models. Curve fitting using linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic models are also covered. The second edition also includes quantitative reasoning problems, which appear at the end of selected exercise sets. These problems enable students to use algebraic concepts to make decisions about life issues such as deciding whether to purchase municipal or Treasury bonds, determining the value of a college education based on future earnings, or taking a start-up Internet company public. Graphs highlighting two key topics of the 20th century, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Campaign Finance, are included on a special foldout graphing card. Beginning in chapter two, exercises that reference these graphs have been incorporated in selected exercise sets. Marked with one of two special icons for easy identification, these problems allow students to apply a variety of different algebraic concepts to the same graphs. Given the ever-increasing importance of technology in mathematics, selected examples now feature traditional algebraic as well as optional graphing calculator solutions. This format is only used with those examples where the graphing calculator can naturally be used to support and/or enhance the algebraic solution. Each chapter concludes with a project that students can complete individually orcollaboratively using the material in the chapter and information from the Web site for this text. Each chapter in the text features a particular industry that is presented in the chapter opener and revisited in examples and exercises throughout the chapter. Identified by special icons, these examples and exercises incorporate real sourced data, often in table or graph form. Featured industries include business, health care, environmental management, sports, and finance.

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Marge Lial (late) was always interested in math; it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Marge's intense desire to educate both her students and herself has inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from California State University at Sacramento, was affiliated with American River College. An avid reader and traveler, her travel experiences often found their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. Her interest in archeology led to trips to various digs and ruin sites, producing some fascinating problems for her textbooks involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan. When John Hornsby enrolled as an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, he was uncertain whether he wanted to study mathematics education or journalism. His ultimate decision was to become a teacher, but after twenty-five years of teaching at the high school and university levels and fifteen years of writing mathematics textbooks, both of his goals have been realized. His love for both teaching and for mathematics is evident in his passion for working with students and fellow teachers as well. His specific professional interests are recreational mathematics, mathematics history, and incorporating graphing calculators into the curriculum. John's personal life is busy as he devotes time to his family (wife Gwen, and sons Chris, Jack, and Josh), and has been an avid baseball fan all of his life. John's other hobbies include numismatics (the study of coins) and record collecting. He loves the music of the 1960s and has an extensive collection of the recorded works of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. A native Midwesterner, Terry McGinnis received her Bachelor's of Science in Elementary Education with a concentration in Mathematics from Iowa State University. She has taught elementary and middle school mathematics, and developed and implemented the curriculum used with her students. Terry has been involved in college mathematics publishing for over 20 years, working with a variety of authors on textbooks in both developmental mathematics and precalculus. After working behind the scenes on many of the Lial/Hornsby textbooks and supplements for over 10 years, Terry joined Margaret Lial and John Hornsby in 2002 as coauthor of their developmental mathematics series. When not working, Terry enjoys spinning at a local health club, walking, and reading fiction. She is the devoted mother of two sons, Andrew and Tyler. Callie Daniels has always had a passion for learning mathematics and brings that passion into the classroom with her students. She attended the University of the Ozarks where she earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Mathematics Education. She has two master's degrees: one in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Missouri--Rolla, the second in Adult Education from the University of Missouri--St. Louis. Her professional interests include improving success in the community college mathematics sequence, using technology to enhance students' understanding of mathematics, and creating materials that support classroom teaching and student understanding. She is able to pursue these interests as a contributor on the Lial Developmental Math series, and a co-author on the Precalculus series.

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