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Akst, Geoffrey.
Basic college mathematics through applications / Geoffrey Akst, Sadie Bragg.—5th ed.
p. cm
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-73339-9 ISBN-10: 0-321-73339-8 (student ed. : alk. paper)
1. Mathematics—Textbooks. I. Bragg, Sadie II. Title.
QA39.3.A47 2013
510—dc22 2011005564
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