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Term | Definition |
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exponential form | a number written with a base and an exponent |
exponent | the number that indicates how many times the base is used as a factor |
base | when a number is raised to a power, it is the number that is used as a factor |
power | a number produced by raising a base to an exponent |
scientific notation | a method of writing very large or very small numbers by using powers of 10 |
irrational number | a number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers or as a repeating or terminating decimal |
real number | a rational or irrational number |
Density Property | the property that states that between and two real numbers, there is always another real number |
Pythagorean Theorem | in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the length of the legs |
leg | in a right triangle, the sides that include the right angle; in an isosceles triangle, the pair of congruent sides |
hypotenuse | in a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle |
principal square root | the nonnegative square root of a number |
perfect square | perfect square: a square of a whole number |