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Algebra 1 Chapter 9
McDougal Littell
Question | Answer |
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Square Root | I b sqaured=a then b is a square root of a. |
Positive Square Root | One of two square roots of a positive number. |
Negative Square Root | Any of the numbers less than zero. |
Radicand | The number or expression inside a radical symbol. |
Perfect Square | A number whose square roots are integers or quotients of integers. |
Irrational Number | A number that cannot be written as the quotient of two integers. |
Radical Expression | |
Quadratic equation in standard form | |
Leading coefficent | The coefficient of the first term in a polynomial written in |
Simplest form of a radical expression | An expression that has no perfect square factors other than 1 in the radicand, no fractions in the radicand, and no radicals appearing in the denominator of a fraction. |
Quadratic Function in Standard Form | A function written in the form y=ax2+bx+c |
Parabola | The u-shaped graph of a quadratic function. |
Vertex | The lowest point of a parabola that opens up or the highest point of a parabola that opens down. |
Axis of symmetry | The line passing through the vertex that divides the parabola into two symmetric parts. |
Roots | The solutions of ax2+bx+c=0 |
Quadratic Formula | |
Discriminant | The formula used to find the solutions of the quadratic equation. |
Quadratic Innequalites | |
Graph of a quadratic Inequality |