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Polynomials
vocabulary for polynomial unit
Question | Answer |
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Polynomial function | an expression made with constants, variables and exponents, which are combined using addition, subtraction and multiplication, ... but not division. |
Degree | the greatest exponent of a polynomial's variable |
End Behavior | the value of f(x) as x approaches infinity and negative infinity describes the end behavior of a polynomial function. |
Zero | the values of x for which f(x)=0 |
Root | solutions to polynomial equations |
Multiplicity | the number of times a root occurs at a given point of a polynomial equation. |
Relative minimum | a point on the graph where the function is increasing as you move away from the point in the positive and negative direction along the horizontal axis. |
Relative maximum | a point on the graph where the function is decreasing as you move away from the point in the positive and negative direction along the horizontal axis. |
Relative Extrema | relative minimum and relative maximum points |