College Mathematics for Everyday Life



4000310515center 3300095000 420003263900880008851265Open Source Textbook Sponsored by: Coconino Community College450000Open Source Textbook Sponsored by: Coconino Community College420003263900175001760220College Mathematics for Everyday LifeA College Level Liberal Arts Mathematics Text2nd EditionBy Maxie Inigo, Jennifer Jameson, Kathryn Kozak, Maya Lanzetta,and Kim Sonier450000College Mathematics for Everyday LifeA College Level Liberal Arts Mathematics Text2nd EditionBy Maxie Inigo, Jennifer Jameson, Kathryn Kozak, Maya Lanzetta,and Kim SonierCollege Mathematics for Everyday LifeA College Level Liberal Arts Mathematics Text2nd EditionAuthors:Maxie InigoJennifer JamesonKathryn KozakMaya LanzettaKim SonierCollege Mathematics for Everyday Life, 2nd Edition?by?Maxie Inigo, Jennifer Jameson, Kathryn Kozak, Maya Lanzetta, and Kim Sonier?is licensed under a?Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is considered to be some to be the most open license. It allows reuse, remixing, and distribution (including commercial), but requires any remixes use the same license as the original. This limits where the content can be remixed into, but on the other hand ensures that no-one can remix the content then put the remix under a more restrictive license.This work is dedicated to our families. We deeply appreciate all of your support throughout the writing of this textbook.Acknowledgements:Many thanks to the following people for reviewing this textbook:Albert GosslerDonald YoungChandler JamesonMany thanks to Coconino Community College administrators for their support:Leah Bornstein, PresidentRuss Rothamer, Vice President of Academic AffairsJami Van Ess, Vice President of Business and Administrative ServicesIngrid Lee, Dean of Arts and SciencesTable of ContentsChapter 1: Statistics: Part I 11.1: Statistical Basics 11.2: Random Sampling 41.3: Clinical Studies 81.4: Should You Believe a Statistical Study? 131.5: Graphs 171.6: Graphics in the Media 25Homework 31Chapter 2: Statistics: Part II 392.1: Proportion 392.2: Location of Center 402.3: Measures of Spread 462.4: The Normal Distribution 592.5: Correlation and Causation, Scatter Plots 64Homework 69Chapter 3: Probability 753.1: Basic Probabilities and Probability Distributions; Three Ways to Define Probabilities 753.2: Combining Probabilities with “And” and “Or” 863.3: Conditional Probabilities 953.4: Expected Value and Law of Large Numbers 993.5: Counting Methods 105Homework 115Chapter 4: Growth 1324.1: Linear Growth 1324.2: Exponential Growth 1364.3: Special Cases: Doubling Time and Half-Life 1414.4: Natural Growth and Logistic Growth 151Homework 159Chapter 5: Finance 1675.1: Basic Budgeting 1675.2: Simple Interest 1695.3: Compound Interest 1715.4: Savings Plans 1775.5: Loans 183Homework 192Chapter 6: Graph Theory 1976.1: Graph Theory 1976.2: Networks 1996.3: Euler Circuits 2076.4: Hamiltonian Circuits 211Homework 224Chapter 7: Voting Systems 2317.1 Voting Methods 2317.2 Weighted Voting 243Homework 256Chapter 8: Fair Division 2628.1: Basic Concepts of Fair Division 2628.2: Continuous Methods 1: Divider/Chooser and Lone Divider Methods 2718.3: Continuous Methods 2: Lone Chooser and Last Diminisher Methods 2798.4: Discrete Methods: Sealed Bids and Markers 285Homework 302Chapter 9: Apportionment 3129.1: Basic Concepts of Apportionment and Hamilton’s Method 3129.2: Apportionment: Jefferson’s, Adam’s, and Webster’s Methods 3189.3: Huntington-Hill Method 3249.4: Apportionment Paradoxes 330Homework 334Chapter 10: Geometric Symmetry and the Golden Ratio 33810.1: Transformations Using Rigid Motions 33810.2: Connecting Transformations and Symmetry 35210.3: Transformations that Change Size and Similar Figures 35710.4: Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio 364Homework 372References 390 ................
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