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Introduction to Technical Mathematics, Fifth Edition, has been thoroughly revised and modernized with up-to-date applications, an expanded art program, and new pedagogy to help today's readers relate to the mathematics in today's world. The new edition continues to provide a thorough review of arithmetic and a solid foundation in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. In addition to thousands of exercises, the examples and problems in this text include a wealth of applications from various technological fields: electronics, mechanics, civil engineering, forestry, architecture, industrial engineering and design, physics, chemistry, and computer science. To enhance your course, the fifth edition is now available with Addison-Wesley's MathXL(R) and MyMathLab(TM) technologies. KEY TOPICS: Signed Numbers; Units of Measurement and Approximate Numbers; Introduction to Algebra; Simple Equations and Inequalities; Graphs; Introduction to Geometry; Simultaneous Linear Equations; Factoring; Algebraic Fractions; Exponents, Roots and Radicals; Quadratic Equations; Exponential and Logarithmic Functions; Right Triangle Trigonometry; Oblique Triangles and Vectors; Graphs of Trigonometric Functions; Complex Numbers; Introduction to Data Analysis. MARKET: For all readers interested in Technical Mathematics.