M3 Vocab 7 - 3/16

How do you find the degree of a polynomial?

• highest exponent

• first coefficient

• number of terms

• biggest number

What is an asymptote?

• a line that the function cannot cross

• where the function crosses the x-axis

• where the function crosses the y-axis

• the highest point of the function

How do you find points of discontinuity?

• Set the unsimplified denominator =0 and solve

• Set the simplified denominator =0 and solve

• Set the numerator =0 and solve

• It's based on the degree of the polynomials

What makes an equation different from an expression?

• an equation has an equal sign

• an expression has an equal sign

• an equation has a squared variable

• an expression has a denominator

Which asymptotes are determined by looking at the denominator of a function? 

• vertical
• horizontal
• slant
• none

Which asymptotes are determined by looking at the degree of the top versus the degree on the bottom?

• vertical
• horizontal
• slant
• none

The parts of an algebraic expressions that are separated by an addition sign

• constant
• variables
• coefficient
• terms

What is a coefficient?

• the number in front of a variable or radical
• the letter in the equation
• the square root in an expression
• my best friend

• 2

• 4

• -5

• 3

• 2

• 4

• -5

• 3