MENU Polynomials & Beyond: A Precalculus Project : by - Mir Mahmood, Hasham Khawaja, & David Asis

 

Polynomial Crossword Puzzle

The polynomial puzzle. This crossword puzzle features some of the key terms in understanding polynomials.

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1 . One of the steps involved when writing the standard form of a polynomial is completing the square.
2 . The graph of a second degree polynomial is called a parabola.
3. This is the other type of division besides synthetic division. long
4. When a quadratic function is in this form: ƒ(x)= a ( x - h )2 + k it is said to be in standard form.
5. A parabola can be concave up or down.
6. The rational zero test allows you to find real zeros by doing p/q .
7. y = ƒ(x) ± c represents a vertical shift.
8. Descartes Rule of Signs was named after a mathematician who based finding zeros on variation in signs.
9. A Zero of a function ƒ is a number x for which ƒ(x) = 0 .
1. The Intermediate Value Thoerem verifies the existence of real zeros of polynomial functions.
2. A parabola represents a quadratic Function.
3. According to the leading coefficient test, if the exponent is odd and the leading coeffiecient is positive, the the graph falls to the left and rises to the right.
4. This type of polynomial is used for divisors of the form x - k.
5. The vertex is the highest or lowest point on a parabola.
6. You can use Descartes Rule of Signs to determine the number of positive or negative Real zeros in a function.


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