ters. This really means how to apply the basics to specific issues, and throughout the book this is what the author demonstrates as she uses what she has described in the early chapters applied to specific business operations, and these sections are valuable as practical guides for the student, guides that can serve well in an actual job situation. Averages are addressed in Chapter 4, which is headed "Basic Statistics and Graphs." The author here shows how to develop graphs from equations and how to present data in tables and graphic form as well as how to read data from such forms. Chapter 5 presents the issue of taxes and the methods used to compute taxes, showing how to apply the basics of mathematics to this problem. The author shows the formulas and gives the underlying theory necessary to understand both sales tax and propert
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