POLY
LOGS
RADICAL EXPONENTS
GROWTH & DECAY
RATIONAL EXPRESSIONS
A FEW FINAL WORDS
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This is how the polynomial 2x^3+x^2 would be classified by degree and number of terms

What is a cubic binomial?

200

This is 2^x=y converted to logarithmic form

What is  log_2(y)=x ?

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This exponent of radical nonviolence and leader of India's independence movement was known as "the Great Soul"

Who was Gandhi?

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Given  f(x)=-0.54(1.036)^x , its rate as a percentage is this - and, between growth and decay, it's this

What is a growth rate of 3.6%?

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This is the simplified quotient of  (14m^4)/(3m) ÷ (7m^2)/(18m^5) 

What is  12m^6?

200

A Frisbee team game, or a word from the Latin for "last"

What is ultimate?

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Polyphemus, whose name means "very famous", is the cyclops from this also very famous Greek epic poem

What is the Odyssey?

400

This is log(a)-2log(3b)-log(c) condensed

What is  log((a)/(9b^2c)) ?

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This is 16x^(1/2) converted to radical form

What is  16sqrtx ?

400

This is the equation of the exponential function graphed below

What is  f(x)=50(1/5)^x 

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This is the simplified form of the expression (x^2-12x-28)/(x^2-14x) 

What is  (x+2)/x?

400

In baseball, it describes a game-winning home run hit in the bottom of the 9th

What is a walk-off?

600

The polynomial shown below has this degree and this sign 

What is odd (degree) and negative (sign)?

600

This is log_5((25m^3)/125) expanded

What is  3log_5(m)-1 ?

600

This is root(3)(x^2/8) converted to rational exponent form

What is  x^(2/3)/2 ?

600

This kind of fallen tree, as it decays, supports the growth of baby seedlings (befitting its name)

What is a nurse log?

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"Cartesian" can refer to the rationalist ideas of this man, such as the quote "I think, therefore I am"; or, to 2-dimensional graphs using an x-axis and y-axis

Who is René Descartes?

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This 2-word phrase for a farewell performance comes from the belief that a certain bird makes music as it dies

What is a swan song?

800

Given f(x)=x^4-18 and  g(x)=2x+1, this is  (f∘g)(-2)

What is 63?

800

One of the largest log hotels in the world, the Old Faithful Inn is found in this state


What is Wyoming?

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This is  a^(2/6)*a^(2/7) simplified

What is  a^(13/21) ?

800

A bone relic contains 25g of Carbon-14. The bone, at time of death, had 100g of C-14. Given the continuous exponential rate of decay of C-14 is -0.00012096, the relic is this many years old

What is 11,460.77 years old?

800

These are the asymptotes of the function (2x^2-2)/(4x^2-5x+1) 

What are  y=1/2 and  x=1/4?

800

When you see this notation in music, you've hit the concluding part of the movement

What is a coda?

1000

This is the factored form of the polynomial below (assuming its lead coefficient is 1)

What is y=(x+5)^3(x+1)^2(x-1)?

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The solution(s) to the equation 

log_6(3x)+log_6(x-1)=3

What is x=9?
(The other solution, x=-8 is EXTRANEOUS!)

1000

This is  x^(-1/4)/(y)*(x^6y^4)^(1/4)/x^-5 simplified

What is  x^(25/4) ?

1000

Helen deposited $3,000 at an interest rate of 9% compounded quarterly.  This is how many years it'll take for Helen's account to reach $10,000.

It will take 13.53 years to go from $3,000 to $10,000.

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The solution(s) to the equation  p/(p-2)+2=8/(p^2-4) 

What is  p=-8/3 

(The other solution, x=2, is EXTRANEOUS!)

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The Roman Catholic sacrament of "extreme unction" is more commonly called this

What are last rites?

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