"This text, designed primarily for technically oriented courses, presents an integrated treatment of algebra and trigonometry along with an introduction to analytic geometry and statistics. Although the approach is not mathematically rigorous, all appropriate terms and concepts are introduced as needed and given an intuitive, or algebraic foundation. Numerous applications for many fields of technology are presented, and the topics covered are arranged in an order which generally allows the mathematical techniques to be developed for use in [current] technical courses. Over 600 illustrative examples and 2700 problems are included." [from the fly leaf]