TY  - BOOK
AU  - Slater,Jeffrey
AU  - Wittry,Sharon M.
TI  - Math for business and finance: an algebraic approach 
T2  - The McGraw-Hill/Irwin series in operations and decision sciences
SN  - 9781260092516
AV  - HF5691 .S43933 2014
U1  - 650.01 
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education, 
KW  - Business mathematics
KW  - Finance
KW  - Mathematical models
N1  - Includes index; Problem solving with math -- Fractions -- Percents and their applications -- Solving for the unknown -- Business statistics -- Banking and budgeting -- Payroll and income tax -- Sales, excise, and property taxes -- Risk management -- Installment buying and revolving charge credit cards -- Discounts : trade and cash -- Markups and markdowns : perishables and breakeven analysis -- How to read, analyze, and interpret financial reports -- Depreciation -- Inventory and overhead -- Simple interest -- Promissory notes, simple discount notes, and the discount process -- The cost of home ownership -- Compound interest and present value -- Annuities and sinking funds -- Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds -- Appendix A: Additional homework by learning unit a -- Appendix B: Worked-out solutions to extra practice quizzes and you try it -- Problems B-1 -- Appendix C: Check figures C -- Appendix D: Metric system D-1 -- Glossary/Index G-1; Young Adult
N2  - "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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