Essential Calculus (Available Titles CengageNOW) 1st Edition - Solutions by Chapter

An equation that relates variable quantities associated with phenomena being studied

An association between the points in a plane and ordered pairs of real numbers; or an association between the points in three-dimensional space and ordered triples of real numbers

An interval that has finite length (does not extend to ? or -?)

The principle of experimental design that makes it possible to rule out other factors when making inferences about a particular explanatory variable

A degree 3 polynomial function

The largest exponent on the variable in any of the terms of the polynomial (function)

An angle formed by two intersecting planes,

See Equilibrium point.

Transformation of a data set involving the natural logarithm: exponential regression, natural logarithmic regression, power regression

The graph of ƒ(x) = e-x2/2

A triangle in which one angle is greater than 90°.

Data items more than 1.5 times the IQR below the first quartile or above the third quartile.

See Periodic function.

See Polar coordinate system.

The vector projv u = au # vƒvƒb2v

ƒ(x) = an x n + an-1x n-1 + Á + a1x + a0

In the plane i = <1, 0> and j = <0,1>; in space i = <1,0,0>, j = <0,1,0> k = <0,0,1>

See Conversion factor.

Any number B for which ƒ(x) ? B for all x in the domain of ƒ.

A shift of a graph up or down.