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Algebra Flashcards

1
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Numbers which allow us to count the objects or ideas in a given collection

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Cardinal Numbers

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States the position of the individual objects in a sequence

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Ordinal Numbers

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3
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Symbols or combination of symbols which describe a number

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Numerals

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4
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Most widely used numerals

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Arabic and Roman Numerals

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5
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What is the Arabic Number equivalent of the following:

I V X L C D M

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I-1 V-5 X-10 L-50 C-100 D-500 M-1000

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6
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How does the romans indicate large numbers?

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Bracket-multiply 100 times
|V|=500
Vinculum(bar above the number):multiply 1000 times
Doorframe=multiply 100,000 times

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7
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A specific symbol used alone or in combination to denote a number

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Digit

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8
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Numbers which are considered as the “Counting Numbers”

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Natural Numbers

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9
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Are all natural numbers, negative of natural numbers and the number zero

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Integers

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10
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Are numbers which can be expressed as a quotient (ratio of two integers). The term rational comes from the word ratio

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Rational Numbers

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Are numbers which cannot be expressed as a quotient of two integers

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Irrational Numbers e.g. sqrt(2), pi, Euler’s number

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12
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The numerical value of the number neglecting the sign

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Absolute Value

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13
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Defined as part of the whole

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Fractions

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14
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A fraction in which the numerator and denominator are both integers. Also known as common fraction

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Simple Fraction

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15
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Is a fraction with unity for its numerator and positive integer for the denominator

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Unit Fraction

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16
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A fraction in which the numerator or denominator, or both are fractions

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Complex Fraction

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17
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Two or more simple fraction where the denominators are similar

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Similar Fraction

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18
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Positive integers that have more than two positive whole number factors

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Composite Numbers

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19
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An integer greater than 1 hat is divisible only by 1 and itself

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Prime number

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20
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What is the fundamental theorem of arithmetic

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Every positive integer greater than 1 is a prime or can be expressed as a unique product of primes and powers of primes

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21
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What is the only prime number that is greater than 1 and even?

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number 2

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22
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numbers that have only two factors: 1 and itself

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Natural Prime numbers

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23
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Set of two consecutive odd prime that differs by two

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Twin Primes

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24
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Pair of prime numbers that are the same distance from a given number in a number line

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Symmetric Primes/Euler Prime

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25
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Prime numbers that remains a prime when its digits are reversed

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Emirp

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26
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Numbers whose greatest common factor is 1

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Relatively Prime numbers

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27
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A number whose factors are prime numbers raised to a certain power

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Unique Product of power prime

eg: 360=2^3 * 3^2 5^1

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28
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An integer that is equal to the sum of all its possible divisors, except the number itself

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Perfect number

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29
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Perfect Number formula

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2^(p-1)*(2^p-1)

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30
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If the sum of the possible divisors is greater than the number

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abundant number

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31
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An integer with the sum of all possible divisor is less than the number itself

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Deficient number

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32
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Refers to two integers where each is the sum of all the possible divisors of the other

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Amicable/Friendly numbers

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33
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Represents the product of all positive integers from 1 to n, inclusive

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factorial

eg: n!=n(n-1)(n-2),,,3,2,1

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34
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The factorial symbol was introduced by who?

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Christian Kramp

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35
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Digits that define the numerical value of a number

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Significant figure/digit

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36
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Forms of approximation

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Rounding and Truncating

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37
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It means replacing the number with another number having fewer significant decimal digits

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Rounding

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38
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Refers to the dropping of the next digits in order to obtain the degree of accuracy beyond the need of practical calculation/aka rounding down

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Truncation

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39
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Closure Property of addition

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a+b=integer

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40
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commutative property of addition

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a+b=b+a

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41
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Associative Property of addition

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(a+b)+c=a+(b+c)

42
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Identity property of addition

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a+0=a

43
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additive identity

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0

44
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multiplicative identity

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1

45
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transitive property

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if a=b and b=c then a=c

46
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What is Zero-Factor property

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if ab=0, then a=0 or b=0

47
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Who first used the symbol of radical

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Christoff Rudolff, 1525 in Die Coss

48
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A radical expressing an irrational number

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Surd

49
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contains no rational number and all its terms are surds

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Pure surd
eg sqrt(3)=sqrt(2)
50
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a surd that contains at least one rational number

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Mixed Surd 
eg 5sqrt(2)
51
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an expression of two terms with at least one surd

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Binomial Surd

eg 5+sqrt(2)

52
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Difference of two squares x^2-y^2

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(x+y)(x-y)

53
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Cube of a binomial (x+y)^3

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x^3+3x^y+3xy^2+y^3

54
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difference of two cubes x^3-y^3

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(x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2)

55
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sum of two cubes x^3+y^3

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(x-y)(x^2-xy+y^2)

56
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square of a trinomial (x+y+z)^3

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x^2+y^2+z^2+2xy+2xz+2yz

57
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In proportion, what do you call the first and second term respectively

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antecedent/consequent

58
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Refers to the product of several prime numbers each taken with its greatest multiplicity

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Least common donominator

59
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A number that two other numbers will divide into evenly

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common multiple

60
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Lowest multiple of two numbers

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least common multiple

61
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A factor that divides into a larger number evenly

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Greatest common factor

62
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Logarith comes from the greek words _____ and _____

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logus=ratio

arithmus =number

63
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who invented logarithm?

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John Napier, 1614 using e=2.718 for its base

64
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What do you call a logarithm with base e?

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Natural logarithm/Napierian Logarithm

65
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who improved the logarithm using base 10?

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Henry Briggs. Its now called common logarithm/Brigssian Logarithm

66
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Euler’s number formula

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e=lim as n->infinity (1+1/n)^n

67
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if a polynomial p(x) is divided by the binomial(x-a), the remainder is p(a)

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Remainder Theorem

68
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What is the factor theorem?

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if the polynomial is divided by x-a, and the reminder is zero, then x-a is a factor of the polynomial

69
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who suggested the remainder and factor theorem?

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Etienne Bezout

70
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Sum of two roots formula

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r1+r2=-B/A

71
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Product of two roots formula

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r1*r2=C/A

72
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rth term of the binomial expansion of (x+y)^n

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rth=nC(r-1)x^(n-r+1)y^(r-1)

73
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What is the degree of the polynomial 3x^4y-2x^3z^4=7yz^5?

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  1. second term, 3+4
74
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Work Problems tips

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solve in man-hours

75
Q

what is the equivalent of the following coins?
Penny, Nickel, Dime
Quarter, Half dollar?

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Penny 1c
Nickel 5c
Dime 10c
Quarter 25c
halfdollar 50c
76
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magic clock formula

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degrees=11/2m-30H

77
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arithmetic progression formula

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an=a1+(n-1)d

s=n/2(a1+an)

78
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Geometric Progression Formula

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an=a1r^(n-1)

S= a1(r^n-1)/(r-1)

79
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Infinite Geometric Progression Formula

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S=a1/(1-r)

80
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Fibonacci Numbers

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1 1 2 3 5 18 13

81
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Lucas Sequence

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1 3 4 7 11 1 29

82
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A set of ordered pairs

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Relation

83
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A relation where X has one and only y value

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Function

84
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Who introduced matrices?

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James Joseph Sylvester

85
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what is the main/principal diagonal?

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in square matrices, the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right is the main diagonal. The entries are called diagonal entries

86
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What is the trace of a matrix?

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It is the sum of all diagonal entries of a square matrix

87
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Define square matrix

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has the same number of rows and columns

88
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Define Diagonal Matrix

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Square matrix that has values only in its diagonal

89
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Define scalar matrix

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diagonal matrix where all the entries are equal

90
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Define identity/unit matrix

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a type of scalar matrix whose non-zero elements are equal to 1

91
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Define zero/null marix

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matrix that does not contain any non-zero element

92
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Define Triangular Matrix

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Lower Triangular matrix: diagonal matrix whose entries above the main diagonal are all zero
Upper triangular matrix: diagonal matrix whose entries below the main diagonal are all zero

93
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Define Symmetric Matrix

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The transpose is equal to the original matrix

94
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Skew-Symmetric Matrix

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Transpose is equal to the negative of the original matrix

95
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Steps required to get the inverse of a matrix

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  1. Form the co-factor
  2. Transpose the cofactor
  3. multiply the determinant of the original matrix to the transpose of the cofactor
96
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Dot product

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A*B=|A||B|cos(theta)

97
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Cross Product

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AxB=|A||B|sin(theta)

98
Q

What refers to the operation of root extraction

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Evolution

99
Q

To compute the vaue of n factorial, in symbolic form (n!), where n is a large number, a formula called ______ is used

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Stirling’s Approximation

100
Q

*Caltech

in simplifying complex fraction/simplification and rationalization

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substitute the given using a number and compare the choices using the same number

101
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Curvature Formula

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1/p=(d^2y/dx^2)/(1+(dy/dx)^2)^(3/2)

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