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College Algebra, 2013a

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Index 1077<br />

midpoint<br />

definition of, 12<br />

midpoint formula, 13<br />

minimum<br />

formal definition of, 102<br />

intuitive definition of, 101<br />

minor, 616<br />

minor axis of an ellipse, 516<br />

model<br />

mathematical, 60<br />

modulus of a complex number<br />

definition of, 991<br />

properties of, 993<br />

multiplicity<br />

effect on the graph of a polynomial, 245, 249<br />

of a zero, 244<br />

natural base, 420<br />

natural logarithm, 422<br />

natural number<br />

definition of, 2<br />

set of, 2<br />

negative angle, 698<br />

Newton’s Law of Cooling, 421, 474<br />

Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation, 351<br />

oblique asymptote, 311<br />

obtuse angle, 694<br />

odd function, 95<br />

Ohm’s Law, 350, 605<br />

one-to-one function, 381<br />

ordered pair, 6<br />

ordinary frequency, 708<br />

ordinate, 6<br />

orientation, 1048<br />

oriented angle, 697<br />

oriented arc, 704<br />

origin, 7<br />

orthogonal projection, 1038<br />

orthogonal vectors, 1037<br />

overdetermined system, 554<br />

parabola<br />

axis of symmetry, 191<br />

definition of, 505<br />

directrix, 505<br />

focal diameter, 507<br />

focal length, 506<br />

focus, 505<br />

from slicing a cone, 496<br />

graph of a quadratic function, 188<br />

latus rectum, 507<br />

reflective property, 510<br />

standard equation<br />

horizontal, 508<br />

vertical, 506<br />

vertex, 188, 505<br />

vertex formulas, 194<br />

paraboloid, 510<br />

parallel vectors, 1030<br />

parameter, 1048<br />

parametric equations, 1048<br />

parametric solution, 552<br />

parametrization, 1048<br />

partial fractions, 628<br />

Pascal’s Triangle, 688<br />

password strength, 477<br />

period<br />

circular motion, 708<br />

of a function, 790<br />

of a sinusoid, 881<br />

periodic function, 790<br />

pH, 432<br />

phase, 795, 881<br />

phase shift, 795, 881<br />

pi, π, 700<br />

piecewise-defined function, 62<br />

point of diminishing returns, 477<br />

point-slope form of a line, 155<br />

polar coordinates<br />

conversion into rectangular, 924<br />

definition of, 919<br />

equivalent representations of, 923<br />

polar axis, 919<br />

pole, 919

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