Lines
The Slope
What is used to plot the next point of a line?
The lowest or highest point of a parabola.
What is the vertex of a parabola?
The number that is repeatedly multiplied by itself
What is the base of a power?
The exponent of the leading term of a polynomial.
What is the degree of the polynomial?
Product, Power of a Power, Power of a Quotient, Power of a Product?
Y-Intercept
What is the starting point when graphing a line?
y=x2
What is the parent form of a parabola?
The exponents are subtracted when you divide the same base.
What is the Quotient rule?
The number written in front of the variable with the largest exponent.
What is the leading coefficient of a polynomial?
y=a(x-p)(x-q)
What is the intercept form of a quadratic function called?
Slope-Intercept Form
What is the name of the equation y=mx+b
What are the x-intercepts of a parabola called?
Different bases multiplied together all raised to a power
What is the Power of a Product rule?
Distributive Property
What is the method you use to multiply two polynomials?
Two lines that have opposite reciprocal slopes.
A vertical line
What is the type of line where x=#?
y=a(x-h)2+k
What is the vertex form of a parabola?
125
What is 5 to the 3rd power?
A Cubic
What is the graph of a 3rd degree polynomial called?
In linear programming, the function whose value has to be either maximized or minimized according to the constraints that are defined
Point-Slope Form
What is the name of the equation of a line y-y1 = m(x-x1)
b2 - 4(a)(c)
What is the discriminant of the quadratic equation?
The number that would have been multiplied by itself 6 times
What is a 6th root?
The graph of this function curves down from left to right touching the x-axis at multiple points before curving downward.
What does the graph of a polynomial with a negative coefficient and an odd exponent looks like?
A Quartic
What is the graph of a 4th degree polynomial called?