Polynomial Foundations
Finding Solutions
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The building blocks of polynomial expressions, separated by addition/subtraction.

What are "terms"?

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We use this to find solutions to quadratic equations.

What is the quadratic formula? What is "negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac all over 2a?" (Jeopardylabs had a paywall for the eqn). 

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Standard form of an equation

ax2+bx+c=0

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What do you get when you switch around the numerator and denominator of a fraction (i.e. during division)

What is a reciprocal? Remember--when you flip, you take the recip'

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(18 ÷3 +28 ÷4 +2 x 4)÷3

What is 7?

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The number by which the variable is multiplied in a polynomial expression; i.e, a,b,c...

What is a coefficient?

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What do we call solutions of the polynomial: i.e x=?

What are zeroes? What are roots? Heck, I'll even accept what are solutions?

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Vertex form of an equation?

What is y=a(x-h)+k?

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Synonym for negative, i.e, when discussing slope

What is opposite?

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This is the state that is home to the Mall of America

What is Minnesota?

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The number which does not appear to be multiplied by a variable in a polynomial (is actually multiplied by x0)

What is a constant?

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Multiplying a polynomial in this form (ax+b)(cx+d). (b and d can be negative). 

What is binomial expansion? What is distribution? What is FOIL?

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How do we find the value for h? What is it derived from?

What is -b/2a? What is the quadratic formula?

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What is the graph of a rational function?

What is a hyperbola?

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What chess piece can move in an L-shape?

What is the knight?

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The highest exponent of a polynomial, used to determine its __

What is the degree of a polynomial?

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Converting ax^2+bx+c=d into the following form (_x+_)=(_x+_)

What is factoring?

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What do we call the values where x=0 and y=0?

x and y intercepts. 

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What do we call numbers that can be written as fractions?

What are rational numbers?

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What is the type of sushi with octopus?

What is Tako?

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How many times a  solution is repeated in a polynomial

What is multiplicity?

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What do we call an expression in the form of (x^2-a^2), where a is some number? For example, x^2-9?

What is the difference of two squares?

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What do we call the point with maximum or minimum y-value of an equation in vertex form? It occurs when y=? And x=?

What is the vertex? What is k? What is h?

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What do we call an equation where x (the input) is related to y (the output)?

What is a function?

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This is the name for the colored part of the eye.

What is the iris?