algebra 1 vocab
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- maximum
- the highest point of a parabola
- polynomials
- a monomial or a sum of monomials
- monomial
- a number, variable, or a pruduct of both a number and one or more variables
- roots
- where the parabola touches the x-axis
- composite number
- a whole number with more than two factors
- trinomials
- sum of three monomials
- binomial
- sum of two monomials
- symmetry
- a figure that can be folded in hald so that each half matched exactly
- parabola
- the graph of a quadratic function u-shaped or n-shaped graph
- discriminant
- the epression under the radical sign in the quadratic formula used to determine the number of roots
- ascending
- going up
- pythagorean triples
- whole numbers that satisfy the pythagorean theorem
- half-plane
- region of the graph of an inequality on one side of a boundary
- legs
- the two other sides of a right triangle
- prime number
- a number greater than 1, whose only factors are 1 and itself
- rationalizing the denominator
- method used to eliminate raticals from the denominator of a fraction
- system of equations
- a set of equations with the same variables
- union
- graph of an ineguality containing "or"
- zero product property
- atleast one of the factors is zero if the product is zero
- radical expression
- an expression that contains a square root
- descending
- going down or getting samller
- vertex
- the minimum or maximum point of a parabola
- boundary
- equation that makes the edge for each half plane
- degree of a monomial
- sum of all the exponents of its variables
- hypotenuse
- the side of a triangle opposite the right angle
- minimum
- the lowest point of a parabola
- degree of a polynomial
- the greatest degree of any term in the polynomial
- compound inequality
- two or more inequalities connected by the words "and" or "or"
- raticand
- the expression under the radical sign
- completing the square
- mehod used to make any quadratic a perfect square
- intersection
- graph of an inequality containing "and"
- constants
- monomials that are real numbers (ex: no variables)
- elimination
- use of addition or subtraction to eliminate one variable and solve a system of equations
- prime factorization
- when a whole number is expressed a the prodeuct of factors that are all prime numbers
- systems of inequalities
- a set of inequaities with the same variables
- axis of symmetry
- the vertical line containing the vertex of a parabola
- perfect square trinomial
- trinomials that are the square of a binomial