Final Exam Study Guide

Vocabulary flashcards for Final Exam Study Guide

Inverse Function

A function that reverses the effect of another function.

Increasing & Decreasing Interval

An interval where a function's value is either consistently increasing or decreasing.

Composition of function

Combining two functions by applying one function to the result of another.

End behavior of a polynomial

Describes the trend of the polynomial function's values as x approaches positive or negative infinity.

Zeros of a polynomial

Values for which the polynomial equals zero.

Absolute Value inequalities

Inequalities involving absolute value expressions.

Rational Functions

A function that is the ratio of two polynomials.

Logs & Exponential Functions

Mathematical functions showing the relationship between exponents and logarithms.

Max - Min of quadratics

Finding the highest or lowest point of a quadratic function.

Systems of non-linear equations

A set of two or more equations involving non-linear relationships between the variables.

Matching a graph with an equation

Matching a graph to its corresponding equation.

Systems of linear equations

A set of two or more linear equations.

2 Systems

Using algebraic methods to solve systems of equations.

Synthetic division

A method for dividing a polynomial by a linear factor.