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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kolluri, Bharat, author. | Panik, Michael J., author. | Singamsetti, Rao, author.
Title: Introduction to quantitative methods in business : with applicationsusing Microsoft Office Excel / Bharat Kolluri, Michael J. Panik, Rao Singamsetti.
Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2017] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016017312 | ISBN 9781119220978 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119221029 (solutions manual) | ISBN 9781119220992 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Business mathematics. | Management–Mathematical models. | Microsoft Excel (Computer file)
Classification: LCC HF5691 .K71235 2017 | DDC 650.0285/54–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016017312
Note to the reader: In this Manual the solutions to the odd-numbered exercises for each chapter are preceded by a summary of the requisite material presented in the main text. Hence the numbering of the sections offered herein mirrors those used to designate the various portions of the textbook.