Solutions for Chapter 11: Conic Sections

The case in which two sides and a nonincluded angle can determine two different triangles

A sequence of equal periodic payments.

The set of points on the “edge” of a region

The function y = cos x

A statement of equality between two expressions.

Ax + By + C = 0, where A and B are not both zero.

The set of all points in the coordinate plane corresponding to the solutions x, y of the inequality.

A square matrix with 1’s in the main diagonal and 0’s elsewhere, p. 534.

Events A and B such that P(A and B) = P(A)P(B)

The notation dy/dx for the derivative of ƒ.

See Magnitude of a vector.

A graph of data in which consecutive data points are connected by line segments

A method of solving certain problems involving maximizing or minimizing a function of two variables (called an objective function) subject to restrictions (called constraints)

Real numbers shown to the left of the origin on a number line.

An interval that does not include its endpoints.

he net amount of your money put into an annuity.

The vector projv u = au # vƒvƒb2v

r(cos ? + i sin ?)

The point of intersection of a parabola and its line of symmetry.

See Weighted mean.