Roots | | equals to 1 in a polynomial function |
Negative | | process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities |
Like Terms | | where they both have positive numbers |
Quadratic Formula | | the value of x where the graph crosses or touches the x-axis: y= 0 |
Factored Form | | used when the divisor is a large number and everything is written down |
Graphing | | sudden spring or leap |
Zeros | | a number or symbol, placed above and to the right of the expression to which it applies, that indicates the number of times the expression is used as a factor. |
Simplifying | | an integer that is either positive or 0 |
Exponents | | the coefficient of the leading term |
Synthetic Division | | a formula to find out theroots of a quadratic equation from its original coefficients: x = [-b ± √(b2 - 4ac)]/2a |
Subtraction | | a minus sign |
Negative | | the operation of seeing how many times one number can go into another |
Degree of the Polynomial | | its a even number on the graph |
Lead Coefficient | | noting a quantity greater than zero |
Non-negative Integers | | where they both have negative numbers |
Positive | | the product obtained by multiplying a quantity by itself one or more times |
Odd | | the process of uniting two or more numbers into one sum |
Right side of graph going up | | involving or noting subtraction; minus |
Addition | | has the form of y=A polynomial |
Multiplication | | the degree of the leading term |
Even | | having a sign that remains the same when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time. |
Power | | in where x-r is a factor of a polynomial P(x) if and only if r is a root of P(x) |
Right side of graph going down | | a solution to the polynomial equation, P(x)= 0 |
Division | | its an odd number on the graph |
Long Division | | having a sign that changes when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time. |
Ends of graph going in opposite direction | | the highest degree of an algebraic expression |
x-intercepts | | to move, pass, or extend from one side or place to another |
Polynomial Function | | to make less complicated |
Ends of graph in same direction | | where the divisor must be of the first degree and must have the form x-a |
Cross | | a real number times the positive square root of -1also refered as a complex number |
Bounce | | when numbers look alike, have the same qualities |
Imaginary Numbers | | A diagram that shows a relationship between two sets of numbers |
Lead Term | | the act of multiplying |