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College Algebra, 2013a

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1072 Index<br />

cost<br />

average, 82, 346<br />

fixed, start-up, 82<br />

variable, 159<br />

cost function, 82<br />

cotangent<br />

graph of, 805<br />

of an angle, 744, 752<br />

properties of, 806<br />

coterminal angle, 698<br />

Coulomb’s Law, 355<br />

Cramer’s Rule, 619<br />

curve<br />

orientated, 1048<br />

cycloid, 1056<br />

decibel, 431<br />

decimal degrees, 695<br />

decreasing function<br />

formal definition of, 101<br />

intuitive definition of, 100<br />

degree measure, 694<br />

degree of a polynomial, 236<br />

DeMoivre’s Theorem, 997<br />

dependent system, 554<br />

dependent variable, 55<br />

depreciation, 420<br />

Descartes’ Rule of Signs, 273<br />

determinant of a matrix<br />

definition of, 614<br />

properties of, 616<br />

Difference Identity<br />

for cosine, 771, 775<br />

for sine, 773, 775<br />

for tangent, 775<br />

difference quotient, 79<br />

dimension<br />

of a matrix, 567<br />

direct variation, 350<br />

directrix<br />

of a conic section in polar form, 981<br />

of a parabola, 505<br />

discriminant<br />

of a conic, 979<br />

of a quadratic equation, 195<br />

trichotomy, 195<br />

distance<br />

definition, 10<br />

distance formula, 11<br />

distributive property<br />

matrix<br />

matrix multiplication, 585<br />

scalar multiplication, 581<br />

vector<br />

dot product, 1034<br />

scalar multiplication, 1018<br />

DMS, 695<br />

domain<br />

applied, 60<br />

definition of, 45<br />

implied, 58<br />

dot product<br />

commutative property of, 1034<br />

definition of, 1034<br />

distributive property of, 1034<br />

geometric interpretation, 1035<br />

properties of, 1034<br />

relation to orthogonality, 1037<br />

relation to vector magnitude, 1034<br />

work, 1042<br />

Double Angle Identities, 776<br />

earthquake<br />

Richter Scale, 431<br />

eccentricity, 522, 981<br />

eigenvalue, 626<br />

eigenvector, 626<br />

ellipse<br />

center, 516<br />

definition of, 516<br />

eccentricity, 522<br />

foci, 516<br />

from slicing a cone, 496<br />

guide rectangle, 519<br />

major axis, 516<br />

minor axis, 516

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