INSTRUCTOR MANUALTESTING FOR USING AND UNDERSTANDING MATHEMATICS A QUANTITAVIVE REASONING APPROACH 8TH EDITION JEFFREY BENNET, WILLIAM BRIGGS

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INSTRUCTOR MANUALTESTING FOR USING AND UNDERSTANDING MATHEMATICS A QUANTITAVIVE REASONING APPROACH 8TH EDITION JEFFREY BENNET, WILLIAM BRIGGS 1 Thinking Critically 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 Numerical Surprises: 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 Personal 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 180 6 Putting Statistics to Work 6A Characterizing Data 190 6B Measures of Variation 198 6C The Normal Distribution 206 6D Statistical Inference 214 7 Probability: Living with the Odds 7A Fundamentals of Probability 222 7B Combining Probabilities 230 7C The Law of Large Numbers 238 7D Assessing Risk 246 7E Counting and Probability 254 8 Exponential Astonishment 8A Growth: Linear versus Exponential 260 8B Doubling Time and Half-Life 268 8C Real Population Growth 274 8D Logarithmic Scales: Earthquakes, Sounds, and Acids 282 9 Modeling Our World 9A Functions: The Building Blocks of Mathematical Models 288 9B Linear Modeling 294 9C Exponential Modeling 303 10 Modeling with Geometry 10A Fundamentals of Geometry 313 10B Problem Solving with Geometry 323 10C Fractal Geometry 330 11 Mathematics and the Arts 11A Mathematics and Music 334 11B Perspective and Symmetry 338 11C Proportion and the Golden Ratio 344 12 Mathematics and Politics 12A Voting: Does the Majority Always Rule? 350 12B Theory of Voting 358 12C Apportionment: The House of Representatives and Beyond 368 12D Dividing the Political Pie 379 Answers to Unit Exams 387 [Show More]

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