Vocab 7

Cp algebra 1

Common ratio

The ratio of successive terms of a geometric sequence

Conjugates

The sum and the difference of the same two terms

Geometric sequence

a sequence in which each term is found by multiplying the previous term by the same number

Radical expression

an expression that contains a square root

Zero exponent

The number always will equal one

Nth term

The number that must be multiplied times itself n times to equal a given value

cube root

One of three equal factors of a number

constant

A value that does not change

negative exponent

an exponent less than zero which causes the base and its exponent to move positions in a fraction

rationalizing the denominator

to eliminate radicals from a denominator or fractions from a radicand