Polynomial Vocabulary

2. is a line perpendicular to the axis of the parabola.
8. the behavior of the graph of f(x) as x approaches positive infinity or negative infinity.
9. the largest factor that all the numbers share.
10. multiplying a number times itself or raising it to the second power.
12. the power of a number is in terms of fraction rather than an integer.

1. a number, from a given number system, that can be expressed as the square of a number from the same number system.
3. the point of intersection of the parabola and the axis of symmetry.
4. an algebraic expression of the sum or the difference of two terms.
5. s the set of values that we are allowed to plug into our function.
6. algebraic expressions that consist of variables and coefficients.
7. a number that you multiply with another number to get a product.
11. a locus of a point that is equidistant from a fixed point