Carnegie Topic 1 Vocab

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Gaussian Elimination

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Solving linear systems using linear

combinations to isolate one variable per equation.

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Linear

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equations of the first degree

Exponent of 1

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Quadratic

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Equations of the 2nd degree

Largest exponent is 2

Graphs as a parabola

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solution of a system of inequalities

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the intersection of the

solutions to each inequality

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Linear programming

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the intersection points determine the best solution to a system of inequalities

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matrix

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array of numbers composed of rows and

columns

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coefficient matrix

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square matrix that consists of each coefficient

of each equation in the system of equations

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Variable matrix

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a matrix in one column that represents all of the variables in the system of equations

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Constant matrix

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matrix in one column that represents each of the constants in the system of equations

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Absolute value

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a number’s distance from zero on a number line