Alg2 Fall Semester Final

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Who was a French mathematician and philosopher credited with the first use of superscripts for powers or exponents?

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René Descartes (1596 – 1650)

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What is the Cartesian coordinate system?

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A coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely in a plane by a pair of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances to the point from two fixed perpendicular directed lines, measured in the same unit of length.

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What is the end behavior of a polynomial function?

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The end behavior describes how the values of the function behave as the input values approach positive or negative infinity.

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What is synthetic division?

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A simplified method of dividing a polynomial by a linear divisor, which uses the coefficients of the polynomial.

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What is the order of polynomial coefficients when dividing (3x - 4x^3 + 6x^4 + 1) by (x + 3)?

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6, -4, 0, 3, 1

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How do you find the vertex of the function y=2|x-3|+1?

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The vertex is at the point (3, 1).

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What is the equation of the absolute value function that has a vertex at (0, -2)?

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f(x) = |x| - 2.

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What does the term 'polynomial' refer to in mathematics?

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A polynomial is a mathematical expression involving a sum of powers in one or more variables multiplied by coefficients.

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What is the degree of a polynomial?

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The degree of a polynomial is the highest power of the variable in the polynomial.

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What is the difference between a linear function and a quadratic function?

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A linear function has a degree of 1 and graphs as a straight line, while a quadratic function has a degree of 2 and graphs as a parabola.