College Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences (12th Edition) (Barnett)

This accessible text is designed to help readers help themselves to excel. The content is organized into three parts: (1) A Library of Elementary Functions (Chapters 12), (2) Finite Mathematics (Chapters 39), and (3) Calculus (Chapters 1015). The books overall approach, refined by the authors experience with large sections of college freshmen, addresses the challenges of learning when readers prerequisite knowledge varies greatly. Reader-friendly features such as Matched Problems, Explore & Discuss questions, and Conceptual Insights, together with the motivating and ample applications, make this text a popular choice for todays students and instructors.