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| a symbol used to stand for a value from a particular set of values |
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| commutativity of addition |
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| associativity of addition |
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| a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c |
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for each number, a, there is another number, denoted -a, such that a + (-a) = 0 and -a + a = 0
each of a and -a is the additive inverse of the other |
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| commutativity of multiplication |
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| associativity of multiplication |
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| a x (b x c) = (a x b) x c |
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| identity (multiplication) |
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for each nonzero number, a, there is another number, denoted 1/a, such that
a * (1/a) = 1
(1/a) * a = 1 |
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| distributivity of multiplication over addition |
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| a x (b + c) = (a x b) + (a x c) |
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| polynomial in some variable |
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| any sum of number multiples of whole number powers of a variable |
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| the expressions that are added or subtracted in a polynomial |
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| in a list of numbers, this is the special number that creates a pattern by adding the special number over and over to generate the list of numbers |
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| a sequence of numbers that have a common difference |
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| the entries that make up a sequence |
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| arithmetic sequence equation |
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| a pattern in which each number in a list is obtained by multiplying the number that precedes it by the same factor |
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| the same factor which is multiplied in a geometric sequence |
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| geometric sequence equation |
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| the sequence that is the ratio of consecutive Fibonacci numbers converges to this |
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| a correspondence in which each element of the first set is assigned to exactly one element of the second set |
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| describes how the correspondence works |
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| arriving at a general assertion by looking at examples |
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| anything that can be measured or counted |
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| is the measure or the number of items that are counted |
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