Mathematics with Applications (10th Edition)

by Margaret L. Lial, Thomas W. Hungerford, John P. Holcomb

This book presents the content and applications in an accessible manner while maintaining an appropriate level of rigor. The authors proceed from familiar material to new, and from concrete examples to general rules and formulas. This edition retains its focus on real-world problem solving, but has been refreshed with a wealth of new data in the examples and exercises–39% of the 623 examples are new or revised, and 28% of the 5,288 exercises are new or revised.

1032 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Marge Lial (late) was always interested in math; it was her favorite subject in the first grade! Her desire to educate both her students and herself inspired the writing of numerous best-selling textbooks. Marge, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from California State University at Sacramento, was most recently affiliated with American River College. An avid reader and traveler, Marge’s travel experiences often find their way into her books as applications, exercise sets, and feature sets. She was particularly interested in archeology. Trips to various digs and ruin sites produced some fascinating problems for her textbooks, involving such topics as the building of Mayan pyramids and the acoustics of ancient ball courts in the Yucatan.

Reviews

[Sebastian Cosgrove · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would pay to be waterboarded rather than have to use this again.

[Mollie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh mylanta,

This was the hardest quarter of school, I haven't read a book for fun in months!

This was a textbook. About word problems.

What else can I say.

[Storm · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are a lot of mistakes in mine!