Math for the Automotive Trade

MATH FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE TRADE, 5E is an up-to-date, highly practical book that helps readers develop a real-world understanding of math concepts and applications in the modern automotive repair trade. Written at a beginner's level, this book is a comprehensive instructional workbook that shows readers how to solve the types of math problems faced regularly by automotive technicians. Unique to MATH FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE TRADE, 5E are realistic practice exercises that allow readers to determine if their answers fall within manufacturers' specifications and repair orders that are completed by finding the appropriate information in the professional literature and reference material, included in the book's valuable appendices.

The fully revised Fourth Edition of this industry-standard textbook features all-new material on the business of automotive repair and updated content that keeps pace with the changing technological requirements of the automotive industry. A comprehensive instructional text/workbook, Math for the Automotive Trade shows how to solve the types of math problems faced regularly by automotive technicians. Unique to the book are realistic practice exercises that allow readers to determine if their answers fall within manufacturers? specifications and repair orders that are completed by finding the appropriate information in the professional literature and reference material, included in the book's valuable appendices.

John C. Peterson is a retired instructor from Chattanooga State Technical Community College, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He belongs to the Mathematical Association of America, the American Mathematical Society, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Tennessee Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges, and the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association. He is the 1995 recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award given by the Chattanooga State Foundation and the Co-Project Investigator of the National Science Foundation funded project, Technical Mathematics for Tomorrow: Recommendations and Exemplary Programs.

William J. de Kryger is ASE certified as a Master Technician and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. He began his automotive career working as a professional technicial in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Hollywood, California, and Honolulu, Hawaii. He is currently a member of the Department of Engineering and Technology and Professor of Automotive Technology at Central Michigan University. Other professional responsibilities include: Expert Witness for automotive cases; Automotive Arbitrator for the National Center of Dispute Settlement; annual Study Abroad Group Leader to Vladimir State University, Vladimir, Russia; and annual Visiting Professor of Automotive Technology to Instituto Tecnologico Y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, Mexico.