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• Each chapter begins with an introduction that provides a guide to chapter material and ends with a summary that reviews the chapter's main points.
• Important terms are defined in context and key ideas are summarized in the margins.
• Thoughtful Pauses throughout the presentation provide provocative questions whose answers are found in the text. This simulates the give-and-take found in the classroom.
• Examples illustrate key quantitative concepts.
• Each major division of the text begins with a case study. A portion of the case study is addressed in each subsequent chapter illustrating the principles of that chapter.

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