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“Mathematical Excursions,” 5th Edition, with WebAssign develops students’ mathematical and analytical thinking skills for wherever their own excursions may lead. The authors prepare students for success with study strategies and an introduction to problem solving at the start and then help them discover key mathematical concepts and why they matter. Offering a wide range of topics that allows instructor creativity and flexibility, this new edition focuses on what students need to know for their lives and careers along with what will engage them. New coverage helps students make informed decisions and includes modern applications that students can relate to, including social media, streaming services, wind energy and hybrid vehicles. Exercise sets reinforce learning and range from drill and practice to interesting challenges such as Extensions and active learning Excursion exercises.
- The estimation coverage develops the ability to make quick, informed decisions in various contexts. A new estimation and graphs section helps build this crucial skill.
- The Math of Finance chapter increases the emphasis on technology tools for investments and loans to help students learn financial skills and make informed fiscal decisions.
- The redesigned Statistics chapter develops statistical thinking skills with new coverage throughout, including a new section on gathering, organizing and displaying data.
- Application Examples, Exercises and Excursions have been updated to reflect recent data and developments with engaging applications such as coffee houses, QR codes and more.
- The Excursion at the end of every section enables students to take an active role in the learning process with engaging applications such as tessellations in Section 7.3.
- At various places throughout the text, a thought-provoking question is posed to encourage students to pause, think about the current discussion and answer the question.
- Learning support includes worked examples, Check Your Progress sections, Chapter Summaries, special notes, videos and a wide range of exercise types.
- Extension Exercises at the end of each exercise set extend the concepts. These are typically more challenging and require more time and effort than the preceding exercises.
1. PROBLEM SOLVING.
Inductive and Deductive Reasoning. Excursion: The Monty Hall Problem. Estimation and Graphs. Excursion: Scientific Notation. Problem Solving with Patterns. Excursion: Polygonal Numbers. Problem-Solving Strategies. Excursion: Routes on a Probability Demonstrator.
Chapter 1 Summary.
Chapter 1 Review Exercises.
Chapter 1 Test.
2. SETS.
Basic Properties of Sets. Excursion: Fuzzy Sets. Complements, Subsets, and Venn Diagrams. Excursion: Subsets and Complements of Fuzzy Sets. Set Operations. Excursion: Union and Intersection of Fuzzy Sets. Applications of Sets. Excursion: Voting Systems. Infinite Sets. Excursion: Transfinite Arithmetic.
Chapter 2 Summary.
Chapter 2 Review Exercises.
Chapter 2 Test.
3. LOGIC.
Logic Statements and Quantifiers. Excursion: Switching Networks. Truth Tables Equivalent Statements and Tautologies. Excursion: Switching Networks-Part II. The Conditional and the Biconditional. Excursion: Logic Gates. The Conditional and Related Statements. Excursion: Sheffer's Stroke and the NAND Gate. Symbolic Arguments. Excursion: Fallacies. Arguments and Euler Diagrams. Excursion: Using Logic to Solve Cryptarithms.
Chapter 3 Summary.
Chapter 3 Review Exercises.
Chapter 3 Test.
4. APPORTIONMENT AND VOTING.
Introduction to Apportionment. Excursion: Apportioning the 1790 House of Representatives. Introduction to Voting. Excursion: Variations of the Borda Count Method. Weighted Voting Systems. Excursion: Blocking Coalitions and the Banzhaf Power Index.
Chapter 4 Summary.
Chapter 4 Review Exercises.
Chapter 4 Test.
5. THE MATHEMATICS OF GRAPHS.
Graphs and Euler Circuits. Excursion: Pen-Tracing Puzzles. Weighted Graphs. Excursion: Minimal Spanning Trees. Planarity and Euler's Formula. Excursion: The Five Regular Convex Polyhedra. Graph Coloring. Excursion: Modeling Traffic Lights with Graphs.
Chapter 5 Summary.
Chapter 5 Review Exercises.
Chapter 5 Test.
6. NUMERATION SYSTEMS AND NUMBER THEORY.
Early Numeration Systems. Excursion: A Rosetta Tablet for the Traditional Chinese Numeration System. Place-Value Systems. Excursion: Subtraction via the Nines Complement and the End-Around Carry. Different Base Systems. Excursion: Information Retrieval via a Binary Search. Arithmetic in Different Bases. Excursion: Subtraction in Base Two via the Ones Complement and the End-Around Carry. Prime Numbers. Excursion: The Distribution of the Primes. Topics from Number Theory. Excursion: A Sum of the Divisors Formula.
Chapter 6 Summary.
Chapter 6 Review Exercises.
Chapter 6 Test.
7. MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY.
Measurement. Excursion: Drawing with a Straightedge and a Compass. Basic Concepts of Euclidean Geometry. Excursion: Lines of Symmetry. Perimeter and Area of Plane Figures. Excursion: Tessellations. Properties of Triangles. Excursion: Topology: A Brief Introduction. Volume and Surface Area. Excursion: Water Displacement. Right Triangle Trigonometry. Excursion: Approximating the Value of a Trigonometric Ratio. Non-Euclidean Geometry. Excursion: Finding Geodesics. Fractals. Excursion: The Heighway Dragon Fractal.
Chapter 7 Summary.
Chapter 7 Review Exercises.
Chapter 7 Test.
8. MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS.
Modular Arithmetic. Excursion: Computing the Day of the Week. Applications of Modular Arithmetic. Excursion: Public Key Cryptography. Introduction to Group Theory. Excursion: Wallpaper Groups.
Chapter 8 Summary.
Chapter 8 Review Exercises.
Chapter 8 Test.
9. APPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONS.
Rectangular Coordinates and Functions. Excursion: Dilations of a Geometric Figure. Properties of Linear Functions. Excursion: Negative Velocity. Finding Linear Models. Excursion: A Linear Business Model. Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables. Excursion: Rate-of-Wind and Rate-of-Current Problems. Quadratic Functions. Excursion: Reflective Properties of a Parabola. Exponential Functions. Excursion: Chess and Exponential Functions. Logarithmic Functions. Excursion: Benford's Law.
Chapter 9 Summary.
Chapter 9 Review Exercises.
Chapter 9 Test.
10. THE MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE.
Simple Interest. Excursion: Interest on a Car Loan. Compound Interest. Excursion: Consumer Price Index. Credit Cards and Consumer Loans. Excursion: Amortization Schedules. Stocks Bonds and Mutual Funds. Excursion: Treasury Bills. Home Ownership. Excursion: Federal Income Tax.
Chapter 10 Summary.
Chapter 10 Review Exercises.
Chapter 10 Test.
11. COMBINATORICS AND PROBABILITY.
The Counting Principle. Excursion: Decision Trees. Permutations and Combinations. Excursion: Choosing Numbers in Keno. Probability and Odds. Excursion: The Value of Pi by Simulation. Addition and Complement Rules. Excursion: Keno Revisited. Conditional Probability. Excursion: Sharing Birthdays. Expectation. Excursion: Chuck-a-luck.
Chapter 11 Summary.
Chapter 11 Review Exercises.
Chapter 11 Test.
12. STATISTICS.
Gathering, Organizing, and Displaying Data. Excursion: Stem-and-Leaf Diagrams. Measures of Central Tendency. Excursion: Linear Interpolation and Animation. Measures of Dispersion. Excursion: A Geometric View of Variance and Standard Deviation. Measures of Relative Position. Excursion: Quintiles. The Normal Distribution. Excursion: Confidence Intervals. Linear Regression and Correlation. Excursion: Exponential Regression.
Chapter 12 Summary.
Chapter 12 Review Exercises.
Chapter 12 Test.
Appendix APPLICATIONS OF EQUATIONS.
A.1 First-Degree Equations and Formulas.
A.2 Rate, Ratio, and Proportion.
A.3 Percent.
A.4 Second-Degree Equations.
Appendix Summary.
Appendix Review Exercises.
Appendix Test.
Inductive and Deductive Reasoning. Excursion: The Monty Hall Problem. Estimation and Graphs. Excursion: Scientific Notation. Problem Solving with Patterns. Excursion: Polygonal Numbers. Problem-Solving Strategies. Excursion: Routes on a Probability Demonstrator.
Chapter 1 Summary.
Chapter 1 Review Exercises.
Chapter 1 Test.
2. SETS.
Basic Properties of Sets. Excursion: Fuzzy Sets. Complements, Subsets, and Venn Diagrams. Excursion: Subsets and Complements of Fuzzy Sets. Set Operations. Excursion: Union and Intersection of Fuzzy Sets. Applications of Sets. Excursion: Voting Systems. Infinite Sets. Excursion: Transfinite Arithmetic.
Chapter 2 Summary.
Chapter 2 Review Exercises.
Chapter 2 Test.
3. LOGIC.
Logic Statements and Quantifiers. Excursion: Switching Networks. Truth Tables Equivalent Statements and Tautologies. Excursion: Switching Networks-Part II. The Conditional and the Biconditional. Excursion: Logic Gates. The Conditional and Related Statements. Excursion: Sheffer's Stroke and the NAND Gate. Symbolic Arguments. Excursion: Fallacies. Arguments and Euler Diagrams. Excursion: Using Logic to Solve Cryptarithms.
Chapter 3 Summary.
Chapter 3 Review Exercises.
Chapter 3 Test.
4. APPORTIONMENT AND VOTING.
Introduction to Apportionment. Excursion: Apportioning the 1790 House of Representatives. Introduction to Voting. Excursion: Variations of the Borda Count Method. Weighted Voting Systems. Excursion: Blocking Coalitions and the Banzhaf Power Index.
Chapter 4 Summary.
Chapter 4 Review Exercises.
Chapter 4 Test.
5. THE MATHEMATICS OF GRAPHS.
Graphs and Euler Circuits. Excursion: Pen-Tracing Puzzles. Weighted Graphs. Excursion: Minimal Spanning Trees. Planarity and Euler's Formula. Excursion: The Five Regular Convex Polyhedra. Graph Coloring. Excursion: Modeling Traffic Lights with Graphs.
Chapter 5 Summary.
Chapter 5 Review Exercises.
Chapter 5 Test.
6. NUMERATION SYSTEMS AND NUMBER THEORY.
Early Numeration Systems. Excursion: A Rosetta Tablet for the Traditional Chinese Numeration System. Place-Value Systems. Excursion: Subtraction via the Nines Complement and the End-Around Carry. Different Base Systems. Excursion: Information Retrieval via a Binary Search. Arithmetic in Different Bases. Excursion: Subtraction in Base Two via the Ones Complement and the End-Around Carry. Prime Numbers. Excursion: The Distribution of the Primes. Topics from Number Theory. Excursion: A Sum of the Divisors Formula.
Chapter 6 Summary.
Chapter 6 Review Exercises.
Chapter 6 Test.
7. MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY.
Measurement. Excursion: Drawing with a Straightedge and a Compass. Basic Concepts of Euclidean Geometry. Excursion: Lines of Symmetry. Perimeter and Area of Plane Figures. Excursion: Tessellations. Properties of Triangles. Excursion: Topology: A Brief Introduction. Volume and Surface Area. Excursion: Water Displacement. Right Triangle Trigonometry. Excursion: Approximating the Value of a Trigonometric Ratio. Non-Euclidean Geometry. Excursion: Finding Geodesics. Fractals. Excursion: The Heighway Dragon Fractal.
Chapter 7 Summary.
Chapter 7 Review Exercises.
Chapter 7 Test.
8. MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS.
Modular Arithmetic. Excursion: Computing the Day of the Week. Applications of Modular Arithmetic. Excursion: Public Key Cryptography. Introduction to Group Theory. Excursion: Wallpaper Groups.
Chapter 8 Summary.
Chapter 8 Review Exercises.
Chapter 8 Test.
9. APPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONS.
Rectangular Coordinates and Functions. Excursion: Dilations of a Geometric Figure. Properties of Linear Functions. Excursion: Negative Velocity. Finding Linear Models. Excursion: A Linear Business Model. Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables. Excursion: Rate-of-Wind and Rate-of-Current Problems. Quadratic Functions. Excursion: Reflective Properties of a Parabola. Exponential Functions. Excursion: Chess and Exponential Functions. Logarithmic Functions. Excursion: Benford's Law.
Chapter 9 Summary.
Chapter 9 Review Exercises.
Chapter 9 Test.
10. THE MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE.
Simple Interest. Excursion: Interest on a Car Loan. Compound Interest. Excursion: Consumer Price Index. Credit Cards and Consumer Loans. Excursion: Amortization Schedules. Stocks Bonds and Mutual Funds. Excursion: Treasury Bills. Home Ownership. Excursion: Federal Income Tax.
Chapter 10 Summary.
Chapter 10 Review Exercises.
Chapter 10 Test.
11. COMBINATORICS AND PROBABILITY.
The Counting Principle. Excursion: Decision Trees. Permutations and Combinations. Excursion: Choosing Numbers in Keno. Probability and Odds. Excursion: The Value of Pi by Simulation. Addition and Complement Rules. Excursion: Keno Revisited. Conditional Probability. Excursion: Sharing Birthdays. Expectation. Excursion: Chuck-a-luck.
Chapter 11 Summary.
Chapter 11 Review Exercises.
Chapter 11 Test.
12. STATISTICS.
Gathering, Organizing, and Displaying Data. Excursion: Stem-and-Leaf Diagrams. Measures of Central Tendency. Excursion: Linear Interpolation and Animation. Measures of Dispersion. Excursion: A Geometric View of Variance and Standard Deviation. Measures of Relative Position. Excursion: Quintiles. The Normal Distribution. Excursion: Confidence Intervals. Linear Regression and Correlation. Excursion: Exponential Regression.
Chapter 12 Summary.
Chapter 12 Review Exercises.
Chapter 12 Test.
Appendix APPLICATIONS OF EQUATIONS.
A.1 First-Degree Equations and Formulas.
A.2 Rate, Ratio, and Proportion.
A.3 Percent.
A.4 Second-Degree Equations.
Appendix Summary.
Appendix Review Exercises.
Appendix Test.
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