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 Di
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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
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