Bases

• of an exponent, 5

• of an exponential equation, different, solving with, 477

• of a logarithm, change of, 467–468

• of logarithmic functions, 445

Bees, 716, 720–721

Bell, Alexander Graham, 493

Bendel, Hannskarl, 318

Benford, Frank, 453

Benford’s Law, 453

Bermuda Triangle, 144, 147–148

Bernoulli’s equation, 61, 63–64

Binary operations, 2

Binomial(s), 31

• multiplying with a trinomial, 33–34

• squaring sums or differences of, 35–36

Binomial coefficients, 763–764

Binomial expansions, 759–760, 763–764

Binomial Theorem, 759–766

Bioavailability, 215, 225–226

Blood pressure measurement, 263

Bomb threat on the Queen Elizabeth, 2 92, 97

Book of Calculations (Fibonacci), 720

Bound(s), on real zeros of a polynomial function, 368–369

Boundaries, 559

BP (British Petroleum) oil spill, 281

Braces ({}), enclosing elements of sets, 3

Brahe, Tycho, 332

Branches, of a hyperbola, 690

Breaking even, 228

British Petroleum (BP) oil spill, 281

Bungee jumping, 81, 86

Bunghole, 332

Bungrod, 332