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Applied Calculus

APPLIED CALCULUS, 3/E brings together the best of both new and traditional curricula to meet the needs of today's students.

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The author team's extensive teaching experience and proven ability to write innovative and relevant problems has made this text a true bestseller.

Exciting new real-world applications make this new edition even more meaningful to students in management, life and social sciences.

This book will work well for those departments seeking a middle ground for their instructors.

APPLIED CALCULUS, 3/E exhibits the same strengths from earlier editions including the "Rule of Four", an emphasis on concepts and modeling, exposition that students can read and understand and a flexible approach to technology.

The conceptual and modeling problems, praised for their creativity and variety, continue to motivate and challenge students..

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Authors: Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Douglas Quinney, Karen Rhea, Jeff Tecosky-Feldman, Thomas W. Tucker, Otto K. Bretscher, Sheldon P. Gordon, Eric Connally

Publisher: Wiley

Date: May. 30, 2006

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