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Week 2 Vocabulary
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Mathematics
10th Grade
09/04/2011

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Term
Roster
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A way of representing a set by listing the elements between braces, {}.
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Set-Builder Notation
Definition
A notation for a set that uses a rule to describe the properties of the elements of a set.
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Interval Notation
Definition
A way of writing the set of all real numbers between two endpoints.  The symbols [ and ] are used to include an endpoint in an interval, and the symbols ( and ) are used to exclude an endpoint from an interval.
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Vertical-Line Test
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A test used to determine whether a relation is a function.  If any vertical line crosses the graph of a relation more than once, the relation is not a function.
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Discrete
Definition
Data that cannot take on any real-value measurement within an interval.
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Continuous
Definition
A function whose graph is an unbroken line or curve with no gape or breaks.
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Slope
Definition
A measurement of the steepness of a line.  If (x one, y one) and (x two, y two) are any two points on the line, the slope of the line, known as m, is represented by the equation m= y two- y one over x two- x one.
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Domain
Definition
The set of all possible input values of a relation or function.
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