chapter 5 vocab

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Across
  1. 4. relative maximum or relative minimum points of a function. A polynomial function has at most n - 1 of these points
  2. 6. rewrite an expression without parentheses or negative exponents and fractions reduced
  3. 9. the quotient of a polynomial and one of its binomial factor
  4. 11. is the largest exponent in the polynomial.
  5. 12. when no other nearby points have a lesser y-coordinate
  6. 13. the simplest polynomial function of the form f(x) = ax^b
  7. 16. an expression that can be rewritten as ax^2 + bx + c
Down
  1. 1. a continuous function that can be described by a polynomial equation in one variable
  2. 2. polynomials that cannot be factored
  3. 3. a simpler process for dividing a polynomial by a binomial
  4. 5. when no other nearby points have a greater y-coordinate
  5. 7. the monomial with the greatest degree
  6. 8. using synthetic division to evaluate a function
  7. 10. the coefficient of the first term of a polynomial in standard form
  8. 14. maximum, minimum, or points of inflection of a function
  9. 15. the behavior of the graph of f(x) as x approaches positive infinity or negative infinity