Barbara Aaker, Community College of Denver
Kim Bennekin, Georgia Perimeter College
Dixie Blackinton, Weber State University
Callie Daniels, St. Charles Community College
Cheryl Davids, Central Carolina Technical College
Robert Diaz, Fullerton College
Chris Diorietes, Fayetteville Technical Community College
Sylvia Dreyfus, Meridian Community College
Sabine Eggleston, Edison State College
LaTonya Ellis, Bishop State Community College
Beverly Hall, Fayetteville Technical Community College
Sandee House, Georgia Perimeter College
Joe Howe, St. Charles Community College
Lynette King, Gadsden State Community College
Linda Kodama, Windward Community College
Carlea McAvoy, South Puget Sound Community College
James Metz, Kapi’olani Community College
Jean Millen, Georgia Perimeter College
Molly Misko, Gadsden State Community College
Jane Roads, Moberly Area Community College
Melanie Smith, Bishop State Community College
Erik Stubsten, Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Tong Wagner, Greenville Technical College
Sessia Wyche, University of Texas at BrownsvilleSpecial thanks are due all those instructors at Broward Community College for their
insightful comments.
Over the years, we have come to rely on an extensive team of experienced professionals.
Our sincere thanks go to these dedicated individuals at Addison-Wesley, who worked
long and hard to make this revision a success: Chris Hoag, Maureen O’Connor, Michelle
Renda, Adam Goldstein, Kari Heen, Courtney Slade, Kathy Manley, Lin Mahoney, and
Mary St. Thomas.
We are especially grateful to Callie Daniels for her excellent work on the new Now
Try Exercises. Abby Tanenbaum did a terrific job helping us revise real-data applica-
tions. Kathy Diamond provided expert guidance through all phases of production and
rescued us from one snafu or another on multiple occasions. Marilyn Dwyer and
Nesbitt Graphics, Inc. provided some of the highest quality production work we have
experienced on the challenging format of these books.
Special thanks are due Jeff Cole, who continues to supply accurate, helpful solutions
manuals; David Atwood, who wrote the comprehensive Instructor’s Resource Manual
with Tests;Beverly Fusfield, who provided the new MyWorkBook; Beth Anderson,
who provided wonderful photo research; and Lucie Haskins, for yet another accurate,
useful index. De Cook, Shannon d’Hemecourt, Paul Lorczak, and Sarah Sponholz did
a thorough, timely job accuracy checking manuscript and page proofs. It has indeed
been a pleasure to work with such an outstanding group of professionals.
As an author team, we are committed to providing the best possible text and supple-
ments package to help instructors teach and students succeed. As we continue to
work toward this goal, we would welcome any comments or suggestions you might
have via e-mail to [email protected].
Margaret L. Lial
John Hornsby
Terry McGinnis
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