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MATH FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE: AN ALGEBRAIC APPROACH
MATH FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE: AN ALGEBRAIC APPROACH

MATH FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE: AN ALGEBRAIC APPROACH, 2nd Edition

ISBN10: 1259957586 | ISBN13: 9781259957581
By Jeffrey Slater and Sharon Wittry

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Math for Business & Finance: An Algebraic Approach provides modern examples for students to understand business mathematics and make connections with real-world applications. The course covers mathematical concepts from an algebraic approach, combined with Business applications. Every chapter is devoted to a Personal Finance theme, with topics that include Payroll and the Cost of Purchasing a Home. There is also extensive integration of scientific calculator notation, and also has the Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger news clips that have been widely popular in Jeffrey Slater's other two Business Math texts.

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CHAPTER 1 Problem Solving with Math
CHAPTER 2 Fractions
CHAPTER 3 Percents and Their Applications
CHAPTER 4 Solving for the Unknown
CHAPTER 5 Business Statistics
CHAPTER 6 Banking and Budgeting
CHAPTER 7 Payroll and Income Tax
CHAPTER 8 Sales, Excise, and Property Taxes
CHAPTER 9 Risk Management
CHAPTER 10 Installment Buying and Revolving Charge Credit Cards
CHAPTER 11 Discounts: Trade and Cash
CHAPTER 12 Markups and Markdowns: Perishables and Breakeven Analysis
CHAPTER 13 How to Read, Analyze, and Interpret Financial Reports
CHAPTER 14 Depreciation
CHAPTER 15 Inventory and Overhead
CHAPTER 16 Simple Interest
CHAPTER 17 Promissory Notes, Simple Discount Notes, and the Discount Process
CHAPTER 18 The Cost of Home Ownership
CHAPTER 19 Compound Interest and Present Value
CHAPTER 20 Annuities and Sinking Funds
CHAPTER 21 Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds

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About the Author

Jeffrey Slater

Jeff Slater has been teaching 30 years at North Shore Community College. He has acted as a consultant for the office of personnel management in Boston and New York. Jeff tours the country giving speeches on student retention at colleges as well as national conventions.

Sharon Wittry

Sharon has been in the classroom for over 30 years and has 15 years experience as online business chair for the state of Colorado. She understands the need to provide students with around the-clock learning tools such as Smartbook and Connect. Staying current and making the content easy to understand and applicable to students' lives continues to be her focus.


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