Business mathematics : concepts and applications /
Robert E. Swindle and Elizabeth M. Swindle
- Boston, Massachusetts : Kent Publishing Company, c1987
- xii, 577 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
1. Whole numbers -- 2. Decimal notation -- 3. Basic algebra -- 4. Percentage Applications -- 5. Producers' prices and discounts -- 6. transportation cost and invoices -- 7. Retail Transactions -- 8. Simple interest -- 9. Bank discounts -- 10. Compound interest -- 11. Ordinary annuities -- 12. Sinking funds, amortization and a summarization -- 13.Bank accounts -- 14. Payroll computations and records -- 15. Inventory valuation -- 16. Depreciation methods and investment credits -- 17. Financial statements and income distribution -- 18. Financial ratios -- 19. Securities analysis and transactions -- 20. Tables and graphs -- 21. Basic statistics -- 22. English and metric measurements.
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