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Special thanks go to
John Samons, Florida Community College,
who did most of the accuracy checking of the manuscript,
and to
Jerret Dumouchel, Florida Community College
Arkady Hanjiev, North Hills College,
who prepared the Solution Manuals.
The students who have assisted in manuscript preparation
also have our thanks: Varun Khanna (St. Louis Univer-
sity), and Jordan Meyer, Ren Waddell and Kevan Irvine
(University of Northern Iowa).
Finally, we want to thank the reviewers whose con-
structive comments have played a crucial role in revising
this text.
Jared Abwawo, Tacoma Community College
Tony Akhlaghi, Bellevue Community College
Donna Bernardy, Lane Community College
Patrick DeFazio, Onondaga Community College
Linda Horner, Columbia State Community College
Douglas Nelson, Central Oregon Community College
Stephen Nicoloff, Paradise Valley Community College
Bogdan Nita, Montclair State University
Dennis Reissig, Suffolk County Community College
Arnavaz Taraporevala, New York City College of
Technology
Thanks also go the reviewers of previous editions:
Deborah Adams, Jacksonville University
Kelly Bach, University of Kansas
David Blankenbaker, University of New Mexico
Kathleen A. Cantone, Onondaga Community College
Bettyann Daley, University of Delaware
Margaret Donlan, University of Delaware
Patricia Dueck, Arizona State University
Betsy Farber, Bucks County Community College
Alex Feldman, Boise State University
Robert Fliess, West Liberty State College
Betty Givan, Eastern Kentucky University
William Grimes, Central Missouri State University
Frances Gulick, University of Maryland
John Hamm, University of New Mexico
Lonnie Hass, North Dakota State University
Larry Howe, Rowan University
Conrad D. Krueger, San Antonio College
Ann Lawrance, Wake Technical Community College
Charles Laws, Cleveland State Community College
Anatoly S. Libgober, University of Illinois at Chicago
Martha Lisle, Prince George’s Community College
Matthew Liu, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Sergey Lvin, University of Maine
George Matthews, Onondaga Community College
Nancy Matthews, University of Oklahoma
Ruth Meyering, Grand Valley State University
William Miller, Central Michigan University
Philip Montgomery, University of Kansas
Roger Nelsen, Lewis and Clark College
Jack Porter, University of Kansas
Robert Rogers, University of New Mexico
Barbara Sausen, Fresno City College
Hugo Sun, California State University at Fresno
Stuart Thomas, University of Oregon
Trung G. Tran, Tacoma Community College
Bettie Truitt, Black Hawk College
Jan Vandever, South Dakota State University
Judith Wolbert, Kettering University
Cathleen M. Zucco-Teveloff, Trinity College
The last word, as always, goes to our wives, Mary
Alice Hungerford and Laurel Shaw, who have, as always,
provided understanding and support when it was most
needed.
Thomas W. Hungerford
Douglas J. Shaw