Corrections to Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus (4e), First Printing

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Together with Brooks/Cole, we are in the process of eliminating typos and errors from subsequent printings of the series. In the meantime, we hope that this listing of corrections to the first printing will be helpful to instructors and students using the text.

p. 223 Section 3.4 Exercise #44

Delete all the spurious text after the matrix except for the last sentence as shown:

p. 654 Section 9.3 Exercise #28

Replace the "s" in the exponent by "x" as shown:

p. 703 Section 10.2 Exercise #29

Replace "x ≠ 1" by "x ≠ 0" as shown:

p. 760 Section 10.7 Quick Example 2 at Bottom of the Page

Replace "21x3" by "21x2" as shown:

p. 839 Section 11.4 Exercise #36

Change "8" to "-8" as shown:

p. 1087 Section 15.5 Exercise #4

Replace "maximum" by "minimum" as shown:

p. 1088 Section 15.5 Exercise #38

Insert the text shown in red:

Last Updated: October, 2007