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<i>Fundamentals of Cost Accounting</i>provides a direct, realistic, and efficient way to learn cost accounting, integrated with new technology learning tools. <i>Fundamentals</i> is short (approximately 700 pages) making it easy to cover in one semester. The authors have kept the text concise by focusing on the key concepts students need to master. <b><i>The Decision</i></b> opening vignettes and <b><i>Business Application</i></b> boxes show realistic applications of these concepts throughout. All chapters conclude with a <b><i>Debrief</i></b> that links the topics in the chapter to the decision problem faced by the manager in the opening vignette. Comprehensive end-of-chapter material provides students with all the practice they need to fully learn each concept.<p> <b>McGraw-Hill <i>Connect Accounting Plus</i></b> provides students every advantage as they strive to understand the key concepts of cost accounting and its role in business. <i>Connect Accounting Plus</i> offers a complete digital solution with a robust online learning and homework management system, an integrated media-rich eBook, assignable end-of-chapter material, algorithmic functionality, and reporting capabilities.<p> Contained within <i>Connect Accounting</i> is McGraw-Hill's adaptive learning system, <b>LearnSmart</b>, which is designed to help students learn faster, study more efficiently, and retain more knowledge for greater success.