Across
- 1. y=f(x)-+ c represents a vertical
- 3. a parabola represents a, function
- 4. when a quadratic function is in this form: f(x)=a(x-h)2 +k it is said to be in, form
- 7. a, of a function f is a number x for which f(x)=0
- 9. the graph of a second degree polynomial is called a
- 11. is the highest or lowest point on a parabola
- 12. rule of signs was named after a mathematician who based finding zeros on variation in signs
- 13. according to the leading coefficient test, if the exponent is odd and leading coefficient is positive, the graph falls to the, ,and rises to the right
Down
- 2. the value theorem verifies the existence of real zeros of polynomial functions
- 5. this is the other type of division besides synthetic division
- 6. one of the steps involved when writing the standard form of a polynomial is completing
- 8. a parabola can be up or down
- 9. this type of polynomial is used for divisors of the form x-k
- 10. you can use Descartes rule of signs to determine the number of positive or negative zeros in a function