This highly esteemed text for the Intermediate Microeconomics course presents material in an accessible way that helps students develop a deeper understanding of microeconomics. Worked-out Learning-by-Doing, problems throughout the book help students experience the material more directly and learn it more thoroughly. The text balances the graphical and mathematical parts of the course and integrates the graphs with the math so students get a more complete understanding of both. The authors also include a rich selection of examples and applications--many taken from the service sector of the economy.