Chapter 11 Vocabulary Flashcards
A function that contains a radical expression with the independent variable in the radicand
Radical function
An expression that contains a radical such as a square root cube root or other route
Radical expression
A radical function who’s equation contains a square root with the independent variable in the radicand
Square root function
The function Y equals the square root of X which is the most basic function in the family of square root functions.
Parents square root function
A radical expression that has no perfect square factors other than one in the radicand, no fractions in the radicand, and no radicals appearing in the denominator of the fraction
Simplest form of a radical expression
The process of illuminating a radical from an expressions denominator by multiplying the expression by an appropriate form of one
Rationalizing the denominator
A solution of a transformed equation that is not a solution of the original equation
Extraneous solution
The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
Hypotenuse
The two sides that form the right angle
Legs of a right triangle
If a triangle is a right triangle, then the sum of the squares of the links a and B of the legs equals the square of the length c the hypotenuse.
Pythagorean theorem and
The distance d between any two points (X1,y1)and (x2,y2) is d=
Distance formula
The midpoint of a line segment is the point on the segment that is the equidistant from the end points
Midpoint
The midpoint M of the line segment with endpoints A(x1,x2) and B(x2,y2) is M
Midpoint formula
Any quotation that contains a radical expression with a variable in the Radicand
Radical equation
