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APPLICATION INDEX
Advertising, 326, 378
Aeronautical engineering, 404
AIDS epidemics, 348–349, 352
Airfreight, 469
Air search, 95–96
Airspeed, 434–435, 439
Air temperature, 146, 530
Alcohol consumption, 95, 221
Anthropology, 320
Approximation, 74
Architecture, 96, 132, 160, 174–175, 325, 417, 572
Astronomy, 371, 394, 530, 579
Atmospheric pressure, 373–374, 531
Automobile rental, 187
Average cost, 315
Bacterial growth, 341–342, 351, 530
Biology, 321
Body surface area, 148–149, 160
Body weight, 155, 249
Boiling point of water, 146
Braking distance, 20
Break-even analysis, 107, 213–214, 222, 440, 576
Business, 55, 64, 74, 121, 439, 500, 530, 576
Business markup policy, 149
Buying, 455
Carbon-14 dating, 343–344, 378, 381
Card hands, 540, 551
Cell division, 530
Cell phone cost, 174
Cell phone subscribers, 382
Chemistry, 55, 61–62, 74, 107, 371, 455–456, 576
Circuit analysis, 486–487
City planning, 147
Code words, 534
Coin problem, 31
Coin toss, 532–533, 548–549, 553, 557–558
Committee selection, 551–552
Communications, 421
Compound interest, 333–335, 373, 377, 567, 579
Computer design, 351
Computer-generated tests, 533
Computer science, 183, 187, 257, 576
Construction, 31, 42, 95, 97, 104, 132, 170–171, 175,
220, 256–257, 277, 285, 288, 298, 315, 325, 371,
576
Continuous compound interest, 335–336
Cost analysis, 107, 142, 146, 155, 160
Cost functions, 174, 202
Cost of high speed internet, 174
Counting card hands, 540
Counting code words, 534
Counting serial numbers, 540–541
Court design, 102
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Crime statistics, 326
Cryptography, 482–483, 486, 501
Data analysis, 160, 346
Delivery charges, 187, 456
Demographics, 147
Depreciation, 155–156, 159, 353, 576
Design, 104, 107, 404
Diamond prices, 152–153
Dice roles, 546, 554, 557
Diet, 500, 572
Distance-rate-time problems, 50–51, 92
Divorce, 277
Earthquakes, 366–368, 371, 376, 379, 382, 579
Earth science, 55, 64, 352, 440
Ecology, 371
Economics, 20, 42, 55, 64, 530, 567, 572
Economy stimulation, 527–528
Electric circuit, 42
Electricity, 320
Employee training, 314
Energy, 64
Engineering, 96, 132, 220–221, 321, 394, 404, 421, 530,
572
Epidemics, 345–346
Evaporation, 203, 234
Explosive energy, 371
Fabrication, 298
Falling object, 220, 256
Finance, 339, 440, 530, 572, 576
Flight conditions, 156
Flight navigation, 156
Fluid flow, 203, 234
Food chain, 530
Forestry, 155, 160
Gaming, 351
Gas mileage, 220
Genealogy, 530
Genetics, 321
Geometry, 31, 55, 103, 287, 321, 456, 487, 531, 572, 579
Health care, 277
Heat conduction, 501
History of technology, 351
Home ownership rates, 369
Hydroelectric power, 272–273
Illumination, 320
Immigration, 377
Income, 256