Praxis 5161 Flashcards
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Surface Area and Volume of a Sphere
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Volume = 4/3 pi r^3
Surface area= 4 pi r^2
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What is the probability of selecting x item?
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= # of selecting x / total x of items
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S 1/x dx =
A
ln|x|+C
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cos^2x-sin^2x =
A
cos 2x
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f(x) = sin x
f’(x)=
A
f’(x) = cos x
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f(x) = cos x
f’(x) =
A
f’(x)= -sinx
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What is an Isosceles Triangle?
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A triangle that has two sides of equal lengths.
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S cos x dx =
A
sin x + C
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What are supplementary angles?
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add up to be 180 degrees
a+b = 180 or 2x+3+x-5 = 180
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What are complementary angles?
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Two angles are called complementary if their measures add to 90 degrees.
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If two triangles are similar triangles, what should we set up to determine the height/base of the triangle?
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Set up a proportion
ex: 4/8 =x/6
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Area of a sector is given by:
A
*Sector is always a circle
A= pi r^2 x O/360
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If A & B are __ events, the P(AnB)=0. Thus, the addition law becomes :
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If A and B are mutually exclusive events, then P(AnB) =0.
Thus, the addition law becomes P(AuB) = P(A) + P(B)
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i^0 = i^1 = i^2 = i^3 = i^4 =
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i^0 = 1 i^1 = i i^2 = -1 i^3 = -i i^4 = 1
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What are complex numbers?
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numbers with real parts, imaginary numbers
ex: 1-7i or 1+7i
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What are integers?
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negative, positive, and zero
ex: -1, 0, 1
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What are rationals?
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negative, positive, 0, plus mins fractions, decimals
ex: -1/2, 1/2, 0.33, -1, 0, 1
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What are real numbers?
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(mom)
ex: -1, 0, 1, 1/2, -1/2, pi, e, square root for 2
everything that is not imaginary
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What are irrationals?
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pi, sqrt 2, e, -sqrt 5
cannot write into fraction, BUT does NOT include i
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sin = cos= tan = csc = sec = cot =
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sin = O/H cos = A/H tan = O/A csc = H/O sec = H/A cot = A/O
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The Binomial Expansion:
(x+y)^2
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(x+y)^2= x^2+2xy+y^2
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If point A(x1,y1) is the initial point and point B(x2,y2) is the terminal point, a vector, AB, is defined as:
A
AB=
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Robust in statistics:
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A test is robust if it still provides in sight into a problem despite having its assumptions altered or violated.
* Range, mean, and standard deviation are very sensitive to outliers.
Since the median is the middle value of an ordered dataset, it is ROBUST to outliers.
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The area of a triangle with vertices (a,b), (c,d), and (e,f) is given by:
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plus/mins 1/2 |a b 1|
|c d 1|
|e f 1|
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Inscribed vs Circumscribed
Inscribed: A polygon is inscribed in a circle if all of its vertices lie on the circle
Circumscribed: A polygon is circumscribed about a circle, if each of its sides is tangent to the circle.
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What is an inflection point? and
| What occurs in an inflection point?
Def: a point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs.
Occurs: When the second derivative is either zero or undefined.
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How do we find the inflection point if we are given a function?
find the first and second derivative. Once you find second derivative, set equal to zero and solve for x
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If you are given 2 points, A(x,y) B(x,y) how do you find the slope of the line that goes through the points?
m= (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
A(x,y)
y= mx+b to find b
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What's the period of sin ax and cos ax?
2pi/a
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What's the distance formula?
AB= sqrt (x2-x1)^2+ (y2-y1)^2
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Polar Coordinates
x=
y=
(r, O)
x= r cos O
y= r sin O
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When the equation contains Ax^2+Bx^2. (squared terms for both x & y)
* If A=B, the equation defines as:
* If A does not equal, the equation defines as:
A=B circle
| A does not equal B ellipse
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A standard deviation is larger when?
The distribution that are more spread out have a greater standard deviation
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The combination (n/r) is given by:
(n/r) = n!/ (n-r)! x r!
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What is the
Area
Diameter
Circumference
of a circle?
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Area= pi r^2
Diameter= d=2r
Circumference= c=2 pi r
```
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Difference of surface area:
surface area of cube B - surface area of cube A
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Area of a triangle:
A= 1/2 bh
| base, height
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Area of a rectangle:
A= b x h
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Increasing and Decreasing Test:
* If f'(x) > 0, for all x on an interval, then f is ___ on that interval.
*If f'(x) <0, for all x on an interval, then f is __ on that interval.
* f'(x) >0 increasing on that interval
| * f'(x)< 0 decreasing on that interval
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Let A be m x n matrix and B be n x p matrix.
| AB = ____ matrix
The product of two matrix m x p
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What is Imaginary?
5i 10i sqrt 2i
| anything with i
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The vertex of a quadratic function is written in vertex form. y= ____
y= (x-h)^2+k
| h,k
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Law of Sine
a/sinA = b/sinB = c/sinC
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The Product Rule
(f *g) = f' (g) + f (g')
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What are the prime numbers from 1-100?
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97
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Matrix: Reflection about the origin
identity matrix (2x2) (-1, -1)
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Matrix: Reflection about the y-axis
identity matrix(2x2) (-1, 1)
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Matrix: Reflection about the x-axis
identity matrix(2x2) (1,-1)
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The fundamental counting principle:
If one event can occur in m ways and another event can occur in n ways, then the number of ways both events can occur is m x n
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The quotient rule:
(f/g)' = f' (g) - f (g') / g^2
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What is a dilation?
&
Is dilation an isometry?
Enlarging or shrinking of a mathematical element using a specific factor.
Dilation changes the position and size of a figure, but not the shape.
(no)
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What is Rotation?
&
Is rotation an isometry?
A shape is turned around a central point
| yes
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What is Reflection?
&
Is reflection an isometry?
Is a transformation that acts like a mirror: It swaps all pairs of points that are exactly opposite sides of the line of reflection.
(yes)
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What is Isometry?
Is a transformation that preserves length, angle measures, parallel lines, and distance between two points.
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Let (x-c)^m be a factor of a polynomial function f.
If m = odd: ___
If m = even: ____
If m = odd: graph of f crosses the x-axis at x=c
if m = even: graph of f touches the x-axis at x=c.
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Area of a semi-circle:
A= 1/2 pi r^2
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Circumference of a semi- circle:
C= pi r
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Does a semi-circle have a volume formula?
No, bc a semi-circle is 2D, NOT 3D
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What is an Equilateral Triangle?
A triangle were all the sides and angles are the same.
All the angles inside are 60 degrees.
60+60+60= 180
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In order to convert degrees to radians, what formula is used?
degree * pi/180
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In order to convert radians to degrees, what formula is used?
radians * 180/ pi
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S sec^2 x dx =
tan x + C
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What is a perpendicular bisector?
A line or a segment perpendicular to a segment that passes through the midpoint of that segment.
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S sin x =
-cos x +C
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If you are given: a point and a slope, then what formula do you use to find the equation of a line?
A(x,y) m= 1/2
y-y1 = m (x-x1)
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The surface area of the prism equals the sum of the areas of the five faces:
Surface area=
top, bottom, front, right, and left
surface area: top + bottom+ front + right + left
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General equation of a hyperbola:
(x-h)^2/ a^2 - (y-k)^2/ b^2 = 1
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arctan x =
tan^-1 x
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If f(x) = tan^-1 x,
f'(x) =
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f'(x) = 1/ 1+x^2
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What is the volume of a cone?
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V= 1/3 pi r^2 h
r= radius
h= height
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If a triangle ABC is SSS (side, side, side) triangle (a,b, and c are known) the measure of angle A can be calculated by: ___
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Facts about Correlation:
1. Correlation must be between _ & _
2. Correlation remains unchanged when __.
3. Correlation does not have ___.
4. Correlation implies __, not ___
1. -1 and 1
2. switching x and y variables
3. units. changing the units on your data will not affect the correlation
4. implies association, not causation
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Concavity Test:
* If f''(x) >0, for all x on interval, then the graph of f is __ on that interval.
* If f''(x) <0, for all x on an interval, then the graph of f is __ on that interval.
* f''(x) >0 concave upward
| * f''(x) < 0 concave downward
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Surface Area of a cube:
SA= S^3
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Volume of a cube:
V= 6s^2
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Complement rule for probability:
| Two events are complementary if:
exactly one of the events must occur. If A is an event, then A' is the complementary event of A, or "NOT A"
P(A') = 1- P(A)
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pi radian =
180 degrees
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1 radian =
180/pi = 57.3 degrees
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Facts about Inverse Functions:
1. The graph of the inverse function f^-1(x) is obtained by ___ the graph of f(x) about the line __.
2. The __ of f(x) is the __ of f^-1(x), whereas, the __ of f(x) is the __ of f^-1(x)
3. f^-1 (x) does not equal
1. reflecting the graph of f(x) about the line y=x
2. The domain of f(x) is the range of f^-1(x). Whereas, the range of f(x) is the domain of f^-1(x)
3. does not equal 1/f(x)
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Vertex form for a parabola:
y= a(x-h)^2 + k
| h,k
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Standard Form for a parabola:
y= ax^2+bx+c
| -b/2a, y
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1+ tan^2 x =
sec^2 x
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tan^2 x =
sec^2 -1
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cos^2 o + sin^2 o =
1
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sin 2o =
2 sin o cos o
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The Mean Value Theorem:
Let f be a function that satisfies the following hypotheses:
*f is __ on the closed interval [a,b]
*f is __ on the open interval (a,b)
then there is a c in (a,b) such that f'(c) =
* continuous [a,b]
* differentiable (a,b)
* f'(c) = f(b)-f(a)/ b-a
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What is a Translation?
| Is a Translation isometry?
Moves every point of a figure or space by the same distance in a given direction.
(yes)
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What is Volume?
Volume is the amount of space an object takes up.
Volume is a 3D measurements, so it can be measured in cm^3 or simply in liters.
Liters are usually used to measure volumes of liquids or gases.
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What does parallelogram mean?
A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
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What does quadrilateral mean?
A four sided polygon, the sum of whose interior angles is 360 degrees
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What shapes are quadrilateral?
Parallelogram, Rectangle, Square, Rhombus, Trapezoid, Kite, Isosceles triangle
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What shapes are parallelogram?
Square, Rectangle, Rhombus, and Rhomboid
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Compound Interest
A= P( 1 + r/n)^nt
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Circumference of a circle
C= 2 pi r
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What does "circumference" mean?
it is the perimeter of a circle or ellipse.
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Circumference of a semi-circle
C= pi * d / 2
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What does Inequality mean?
a statement of an order relationship—greater than, greater than or equal to, less than, or less than or equal to—between two numbers or algebraic expressions. (,/>,=, not = to)
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What is the Triangle Inequality Theorem?
The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the length of the third side.
example:
a+b > c
a+c >b
c+b > a
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What is an Isosceles Right Triangle?
45-45-90 triangle
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What does Differentiable mean?
The derivative exist at each point in its domain.
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A square is a
Rhombus
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What’s the formula for the area of a rhombus?
A= 1/2 d^2
d= diagonal
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What’s the volume V of the rectangular box?
V= l x w x h
```
l= length
w= width
h= height
```
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T or F: All squares are parallelograms
True
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T or F: All rectangles are rhombuses
False, bc all four sides of a rectangle don’t have to be equal.
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T or F: all rhombuses are squares
False, bc in an rhombuses all of its sides are congruent
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T or F: All squares are rhombuses
True, bc all of its sides and angles are congruent
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What is the area of a semicircle?
A= 1/2 pi r^2
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How many inches are in a foot?
12 inches
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If you multiply or divide by a negative number in an inequidad, what happens to the sign? ()
You have to flip the sign!!
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Perpendicular lines have opposite ___ slopes.
Reciprocal
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Parallel lines have the same __.
Slope
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Perpendicular lines have __ reciprocal slopes
Opposite
example: m= 1/3 m= -3/1 = -3
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__ lines have opposite reciprocal slopes
Perpendicular
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How do you find the vertex on a parabola?
Vertex: -b/2a
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What does Axis Of Symmetry mean?
The vertical line through the vertex on the graph of a quadratic function.
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A graph where two lines have the same slope and the same y intersect. How many solutions does it have?
Infinitely solutions
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A graph that contains two parallel lines, how many solutions does it have?
No solution, because it does not intersect.
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A graph that has two intersecting lines, how many solutions does it have?
1 solution
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How do we find the zeros of a function?
Look where the x intercepts crosses the x axis. In other words, where y is zero.
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What’s the difference between inverse and determinant
Determinant: (ad-bc)
| Inverse/ 1/ad-bc
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Two triangles are SIMILAR if:
They both share the common angle A
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What are corresponding angles?
Angles that are on the same corner at each intersection. (They will be set to equal to (=))
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What is the formula for density:
(Mass/Volume)
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Formula for the perimeter of a rectangle?
P= 2l + 2w
= 2(l + w)
```
L= length
W= width
```
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Formula to find the Richter Scale Value:
```
R= log (l x lo/lo)
lo= Intensity of an earthquake that is barely felt
I= Intensity
R= Richter Scale Value
```
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Def of Exponential Functions
Patterns that can get continuously multiplied by some number
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Def of Exponential Growth
The base of the exponential is greater than 1 (the numbers keep getting bigger, bigger)
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In exponential growth, __, while in exponential decay, __
exponential growth the base of the exponential is greater than 1 while in exponential decay the base of the exponential falls between 0 and 1.
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Def: Rational Functions
Is a function that is a fraction and has the property that both its numerator and denominator are polynomials.
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Is R(x)= (-2x^5+4x^2-1/x^9) a rational function?
yes, both numerator and denominator are polynomials!
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Is R(x)= 1/((x-1)(x^2+3)) a rational function?
yes, both numerator and denominator are polynomials!
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Is R(x)= (sqrt(x) + x^2)/(3x^2-9x+2) a rational function?
no, in order for a number to be considered "polynomial" it must be a real number. The square root is not an integers.
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Def of Polynomial:
Is any function of the form f(x)=a^n
| a= real numbers and the exponents of each x is a non-negative integer!
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How do we find the Vertical Asymptotes using a rational function?
First make sure there is no common factors and if there isnt then set the denominator = 0 and solve for the variable.
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How do we find Horizontal Asymptotes?
Look at the degrees of the polynomial.
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Whats the HA? F(x)= 2x/3x^2+1
HA: y=0
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Whats the HA? F(x)= 2x^2/3x^2+1
HA: y=2/3
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Whats the HA? F(x)= 2x^3/3x^2+1
HA: DNE
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What is the HA? F(x)= 1/(x-2)(x-3)
HA: y=0
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What is a conjugate? And give an example:
A conjugate is a binomial where the sign on the second term has been switched. 2+3i -> 2-3i
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Def: Composite Function
Is the use of the output of one function as the input of another. f(g(x))
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Def: Finite Sequence and give an example:
Sequences that end
| The alphabet starts with A ends with Z
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Def: Infinite Sequence
Sequences that keep on going and going
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Def: Geometric Sequence
Is a sequence of numbers where each number is found by multiplying the previous number by a constant.
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What's the Recursive Rule formula?
an = a(n-1) +1
