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    Business math is the study of mathematics required by the field of business. Business professionals will work with taxes, gross earnings, product prices, and currency exchange; they will be offered loans, lines of credit, mortgages, leases, savings bonds, and other financial tools. This textbook covers all of these topics and how these financial tools can maximize their earnings and minimize their costs. It discusses how to execute smart monetary decisions both personally and for their business.

    • 1: Succeeding in Business Mathematics (How To Use This Textbook)

      • 1.0: Introduction
      • 1.1: What Is Business Math?
      • 1.2: How Can I Use The Features Of This Book To My Advantage?
      • 1.3: Where Do We Go From Here?
      • 1.A1: Rounding Rules (Appendix 1)

    • 2: Back To The Basics (Shoulder Check)

      • 2.0: Introduction
      • 2.1: Order of Operations (Proceed In An Orderly Manner)
      • 2.3: Percentages (How Does It All Relate?)
      • 2.4: Algebraic Expressions (The Pieces Of The Puzzle)
      • 2.5: Linear Equations - Manipulating and Solving (Solving the Puzzle)
      • 2.6: Natural Logarithms (How Can I Get That Variable Out of the Exponent?)
      • 2.S: Back To The Basics (Summary)

    • 3: General Business Management Applications (Get Your Motor Running)

      This chapter covers universal business mathematics you will use whether your chosen business profession is marketing, accounting, production, human resources, economics, finance, or something else altogether. To be a successful manager you need to understand percent changes, averages, ratios, proportions, and prorating.
      • 3.0: Introduction to General Business Management Applications
      • 3.1: Percent Change (Are We Up Or Down?)
      • 3.2: Averages (What Is Typical?)
      • 3.3: Ratios, Proportions, and Prorating (It Is Only Fair)
      • 3.CS General Business Management Applications (Case Study: Forecasting Future Sales)
      • 3.S General Business Management Applications (Summary)

    • 4: Human Resources and Economic Applications (It's All about the People)

      • 4.0: Introduction
      • 4.1: Gross Earnings (Off to Work You Go)
      • 4.2: Personal Income Tax (The Taxman Taketh)
      • 4.3: Indexes (The Times Are Changing)
      • 4.CS: Human Resources and Economic Applications (Case Study:Payroll Planning)
      • 4.S: Human Resources and Economic Applications (Summary)

    • 5: Marketing and Accounting Fundamentals (Keeping Your Nose above Water)

      This chapter introduces the global model of the relationship between costs and revenues. It shows the overall cost structure of a business and introduces models for developing total costs and total revenues. It explains how you calculate net income and contribution margins. Armed with all of this knowledge, you can then answer the break-even question: How much does the business need to sell to cover its costs?
      • 5.0: Introduction
      • 5.1: Cost-Revenue-Net Income Analysis (Need to Be in the Know)
      • 5.2: Break-Even Analysis (Sink or Swim)
      • 5.3: Marketing and Accounting Fundamentals (Case Study Forecasting the Impact of Revenue and Cost Changes)
      • 5.S: Marketing and Accounting Fundamentals (Summary)
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    • 6: Marketing Applications (What Is It Going to Cost Me?)

      • 6.0: Introduction to Marketing Applications
      • 6.1: Figuring Out the Cost - Discounts (How Much?)
      • 6.2: Markup: Setting the Regular Price (Need to Stay in Business)
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    • Back Matter

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    • Front Matter

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      • InfoPage
      • Table of Contents
      • Textbook Features
      • A Note on Rounding Rules
      • About The Author
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