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Real-Life Math

K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Editors

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Real-life math / K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7876-9422-3 (set : hardcover: alk. paper)—
ISBN 0-7876-9423-1 (v. 1)—ISBN 0-7876-9424-X (v. 2)
1. Mathematics—Encyclopedias.
I. Lerner, K. Lee. II. Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth.

QA5.R36 2006
510′.3—dc22 2005013141

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