Quantitative methods / Barry Blenner

Contents -- Solving First-Degree Equations in One Variable - 1.1 -- Rectangular Coordinate Systems - 1.5 -- Functions - 4.2 -- Graphical Representation of Functions - 4.3 -- Characteristics of Linear Equations - 2.1 -- Graphical Characteristics - 2.2 -- Slope Intercept Form - 2.3 -- Determining the Equation of a Straight Line - 2.4 -- Two-Variable Systems of Equations - 3.1 -- Linear Functions - 5.1 -- Other examples of Linear Functions - 5.2 -- Break-even Models - 5.3 -- Quadratic Functions and their characteristics - 6.1 -- Quadratic Functions: Applications - 6.2 -- Polynomial and Rational Functions - 6.3 -- Characteristics of Exponential Functions - 7.1 -- Applications of Exponential Functions - 7.2 -- Logarithms and Logarithmic Functions - 7.3 -- Average Rate of Change - 15.3 -- The Derivative - 15.4 -- Differentiation - 15.5 -- Additional Rules of Differentiation - 15.6 -- High-order derivatives - 15.8 -- Derivatives: Additional Interpretations - 16.1 -- Identification of Maxima and Minima - 16.2 -- Revenue, Cost, and Profit Applications - 17.1 -- Partial derivatives - 20.2 -- Optimization of Bivariate Functions - 20.3 -- Optimization subject to constraints - 20.6 -- Interest and its computation - 8.1 -- Single-payment computations - 8.2 -- Annuities and their future value - 8.3 -- Annuities and their Present Value - 8.4 -- Cost-Benfit Analysis - 8.5.

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