Polynomials & Equations
This is the term we use to describe a polynomial with 3 terms.
What is "trinomial"?
The value of x given f(x)=8x-12=-10
What is x=1/4?
This is the completely factored form of 45a3-36a.
What is 9a(5a2-4)
This is the full name of the principal of Midwood High School.
What is Dr. Robert Quinlan?
This famous TV show featured characters such as Principal Skinner and Krusty the Klown.
What is "The Simpsons"?
This is what is meant by the "degree" of a polynomial.
What is "the largest exponent in the polynomial"?
The inverse of this function is f-1(x)=.25x+11
What is f(x)=4x-44 or f(x)=4(x-11)?
Factored completely, this polynomial can be represented as 2(x-4)(x+4).
What is 2x2-32?
This is the name of the school newspaper.
What is "Argus"?
21 of the 50 US states have names that end with this letter.
What is "a"?
This is the solution to the equation 9x-11=-18x+1
What is 4/9?
This is the average rate of change of the function y=3x3-x-2 over the interval [-1,1].
What is 2?
This is the factored form of the polynomial t2+14t-72.
What is (t-4)(t+18)?
In the summer of this year, the Science annex opened.
What is 2008?
Born Dwayne Johnson, this is the "stage name" of the wrestler who is among the most followed people on Tiktok.
What is "The Rock"?
This is what we call a system of equations that has no solution.
What is "inconsistent"?
This is what we call a function where every output has only one possible input.
What is "one-to-one"?
This is the factored form of the polynomial x4-23x2-50
What is (x2+2)(x-5)(x+5)?
Built in 1940, Midwood High School was built by members of the Works Project Administration, an agency created through this federal program of the early 20th century.
What is the New Deal?
It is a tradition that these 2 NFL teams play games on Thanksgiving each year.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions?
The solution to the system of equations
x-y+z=5
y=x-2
x=4z
What is (12,10,3)?
Given f(x)=3x-4, g(x)=2x4, and h(x)= |2-x|, this is the value of h(f(g(2)))
What is 90?
These are the factors of the polynomial y6+26y3-27.
What are (y+3)(y2-3y+9)(y-1)(y2+y+1)?
This Midwood graduate (class of 1988) is one of the favorites to become the House Minority Leader next year, now that Nancy Pelosi is stepping away from her leadership role.
Who is Hakeem Jeffries?
This is the official name of what we call a "hashtag".
What is an "octothorpe"?