Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Naming Polynomials and End Behaviors

Degrees
-0 degree-constant
-1st degree-linear
-2nd degree- quadratic ( U- shaped )
-3rd degree-cubic ( S- shaped )
-4th degree- quartic
-5th degree-quintic

The number of turns a polynomial has is always one less of their degree.

Terms
monomial- one term
binomial- two terms
trinomial- three terms
quadrinomial- four terms
polynomial- more than four terms


Linear Equations
1st degree- 0 turns
y=mx+b

When the slope of a line is positive, then the line rises to the right and falls to the left.


When the slope of a line is negative, the the line rises to the left and falls to the right.


Quadratic Equations
2nd degree- 1 turn
y=ax² 
(a+b)(c+d)


When a parabolic graph is positive, then it rises right and left.


When a parabolic equation is negative then it falls both and left and right.

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