Algebra 2: Chapter 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 monomial | expression that is a number, variable or product of a number and one of more variables. |
| Constants | monomials that contain no variable, like 23 or -1 |
| Coefficient | numerical factor of a monomial |
| Degree | sum or the exponents of its variables |
| Power | expression of the form x^n |
| Simplify | rewrite the expression without parentheses or negative exponents |
| Standard Notation | for that you usually write numbers in |
| Scientific Ntation | when it is in the for a x 10^n, where 1 </= a < 10 and n is an integer |
| Dimensional Analysis | performing operations with units |
| Polynomial | monomial or sum of monomials |
| Terms | monomials that make up a polynomial |
| Like Terms | terms with exactly the same variable factors in a variable expression |
| Trinomial | polynomial with 3 unlike terms |
| Binomial | Two unlike terms |
| FOIL Method | a method used to multiply two binomials using the distributive property- the acronym stands for First, Outer, Inner, and Last terms |
| Synthetic Division | simpler process for dividing a polynomial by a binomial |
| Square Root | a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number |
| nth Root | The inverse of raising a number to the nth power is finding the nth root |
| Principle Root | When there is more than one real root. |
| Rationalizing the denominator | Multiply the numerator and denominator by a quantity so that the radicand has an exact root |
| Like Radical Expressions | If both the indices and radicands are alike |
| Radical Equations | Equations with radicals that have variables in the radicands |
| Extraneous Solution | a number that does not satisfy the original equation |
| Radical Inequality | inequality that has a variable in a radicand |
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