College Algebra And Calculus: An Applied Approach

Applications Biology and Life Sciences Agriculture, 495, 767, 777, 995, 1020 Air sacs in the lungs, 28 Alligator length, 360 Animal shelter, 986 Antler spread of an elk, 399 Aquaculture, 742 Average recycling cost, 333, 339 Bacteria count, 233, 236, 237, 254 Bacteria growth, 351, 372, 390, 392, 400, 401, 402 Bacterial culture, 616, 759, 832, 889, 986 Biorhythms, 1047, 1050 Blue oak, height of, 103 Body mass index (BMI), 414 Botany, 525, 1231 Calories burned by exercise, 495 Carbon dioxide, 99, 426 Cardiovascular device sales, 1107 Carnivorous plants, 531 Cat cadavers, 200 Cell division, 759 Clinical trial, 19 Comparing calories, 88 Cricket chirps, 1224 Crop spraying mixture, 437 Diet supplement, 450 Dissections, 1168 E. coli bacterium, length, 65 Ecology, fencing a study plot, 743 Endangered species population, 393, 800, 889 Environment contour map of the ozone hole, 950 oxygen level in a pond, 606, 686 pollutant level, 616 pollutant removal, 546, 718, 890 recycling, 621, 1179 size of an oil slick, 648 smokestack emissions, 328, 339, 715 Environmental cost, pollutant removal, 557 Erosion, 38 Farming, 697 Fertility rates, 668 Fishing quotas, 845 Forest yield, 381 Forestry, 624, 795, 1150 Fruit tree maximum yield, 696, 740 Galloping speeds of animals, 370 Gardening, 825 Genders of children, 1181, 1194, 1229 Genetically modified soybeans, 438 Genetics, 1229 Gestation period of rabbits, 557 Growth of a red oak tree, 686 Gypsy moths, 525 Hardy-Weinberg Law, 976, 985 Health AIDS cases, 1194 blood oxygen level, 108, 113 blood pressure, 1050 body temperature, 137, 595 epidemic, 854, 889 exposure to a carcinogen and mortality, 1021 exposure to sun, 742 infant mortality, 995 U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic, 640 and wellness, 481 velocity of air flow into and out of the lungs, 1050, 1070 Heart rate, 450 Human height, 78, 137, 188 Hydroflourocarbon emissions, 103 Kidney donation, 1164 Lab practical, 1169 Litter of kittens, 1230 Liver transplants, 268 Lung volume, 217 Medical science drug concentration, 803 length of pregnancy, 1206 surface area of a human body, 1019 velocity of air during coughing, 668 volume of air in the lungs, 867 Medicine amount of drug in bloodstream, 594, 622 bone graft procedures, 379 days until recovery after a medical procedure, 1206, 1231 drug absorption, 910 drug concentration in bloodstream, 300, 333, 583, 686, 736, 910, 1150 duration of an infection, 976 effectiveness of a pain-killing drug, 594 healing rate of a wound, 353 heart transplants, 1232 multiple births, twins, 685 Poiseuille’s Law, 686 spread of a virus, 388, 678, 801 temperature of a patient, 1041 treatment of a bacterial infection, 1019 Metabolic rate, 113 Nutrition, 447, 986 Optimal area of an archaeological dig site, 336 Orthopedic implant sales, 1107 Oxygen level, 61 Peregrine falcons, 450 Pest management in a forest, 191 Physiology blood flow, 845 body surface area, 736 Plant biology lab, 1169 Plant growth, 1060 Population of bees, 901 of bears, 402 of deer, 191, 332, 390, 887 of elk, 332 of fish, 339, 390, 801 of ring-necked pheasants, 926 of sparrows, 263 of trout, 832 Population growth, 596, 606, 752, 789, 794, 890, 900 Predator-prey cycle, 1046, 1050, 1051 Psychology Ebbinghaus Model, 767 human memory model, 332, 333, 339, 360, 362, 381, 399, 400, 402, 880 intelligence quotient (IQ), 1233 IQ scores, 136, 403 learning curve, 392, 401, 718, 795 learning theory, 759, 767,