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2. a group of people or objects that you want information about.
7. matrices that have the same dimensions and equal elements in corresponding positions.
9. in linear programming, the linear function that is maximized or minimized.
11. a variable whose value is determined by the outcomes of a random event.
13. a line that a graph approaches more and more closely.
17. a study in which the investigator assigns the individuals to the experimental groups or the control group.
21. a system that has at least one solution.
22. a monomial or a sum of monomials.
23. a real number associated with any square matrix A, denoted by det A.
24. the set of all points equidistant from a point called the focus and a line called the directrix.
25. a word equation that represents a real life problem.

1. the y- coordinate of a turning point of a function if the point is higher than all nearby points.
3. the graph is symmetric with respect to the origin.
4. terms written in descending order of exponents from left to right.
5. a distribution that is not symmetric.
6. logarithm with base 10, denoted by log.
8. is equations in which variable expressions occur as exponents.
10. a curve formed by the intersection of a plane and a double-napped cone.
12. a sample that over represents or underrepresents part of the population.
14. of a polynomial function’s graph is the behavior of the graph as x approaches positive infinity or negative infinity.
15. when a factor of a polynomial appears more than once, you can count its solution more than once.
16. a line divides the plane into two.
18. a rectangular arrangement of numbers in rows and columns.
19. is a subset of the population.
20. a sample that is representative of the population you want information about.