This book is designed to be used in a first-year general education mathematics course for non-STEM majors.  Throughout the text, there are just-in-time reviews of developmental math concepts to help those students who need further learning support. The text includes embedded algorithmically generated practice questions, and worked-example videos.  It is designed so that most chapters are independent, allowing the instructor to choose a selection of topics to be covered. Emphasis is placed on the applicability of the mathematics.

This text is adapted from the Lumen Learning open source text Mathematics for the Liberal Arts by Tracii Friedman for use in the Mathematical Investigations course at Colorado Mesa University.  The Lumen text is based on Math in Society by David Lippman.

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