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📏Honors Pre-Calculus
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219 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Honors Pre-Calculus exam

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30-60-90 Triangle
45-45-90 Triangle

A

Angle of Depression
Angle of Elevation
Arc Length
Associative Property
Auxiliary Circle
Axis of Symmetry

B

Basis Vectors
Binomial Coefficient
Binomial Expansion
Binomial Probability

C

Cardioid
Cartesian Coordinates
Co-vertices
Cofunction Theorem
Common Denominator
Common Difference
Common Logarithm
Common Ratio
Commutative Property
Complementary Angles
Compound Interest Formula
Concavity
Constant of Variation
Constant Ratio
Constant Sequence
Constant Term
Constant Vector
Continuous Compound Interest
Continuously Compounded Interest
Coordinate Plane
Coordinate Transformation
Corner Point
Cos^-1
Cosine Difference Identity
Cosine Sum Identity

D

De Moivre's Theorem
Decay Constant
Decay Factor
Decay Function
Decreasing
Decreasing Function
Dependent System
Descartes' Rule of Signs
Directly Proportional
Discriminant
Distributive Property
Double Cone
Downward-Opening Parabola

E

Echelon Form
Empty Set
Equation-Defined Functions
Even-Indexed Roots
Exponent
Exponential Form
Extreme Value Theorem

F

Factor Theorem
Factorial Notation
Fibonacci Sequence
Finite Geometric Series
Finite Series
Focal Radius
Focus-Directrix
Fourth Root
Free Variable
Function Evaluation
Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Future Value of Annuity

G

Gauss-Jordan Elimination
Geometric Interpretation
Global Minimum

H

Homogeneous System
Horizontal Ellipse

I

Identity Matrix