Polynomial and rational function

HOW IT WORKS

EVERYONE STARTS WITH 100 POINTS

WRITE YOUR ANSWER TO THE

QUESTION ON THE SCREEN

WAGER A POINT AMOUNT (YOU CAN’T

WAGER MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE)

IF YOUR ANSWER IS CORRECT,ADD YOUR WAGER

IF IT’S WRONG, SUBTRACT YOUR WAGER

THE PERSON WITH THE HIGHEST POINT VALUE AT THE END WINS

EXTRA CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN TO1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD PLACE

ALSO…

PUT AN ASTERISK BY ANY QUESTION

YOU FEEL PARTICULARLY STUMPED ON.

WE’LL GO OVER THESE AT THE END OF

CLASS.

QUESTION 1

ANSWER I

QUADRATIC

QUESTION 2

WHAT TWO THINGS DO YOU LOOK AT IN

ORDER TO DETERMINE THE END

BEHAVIOR OF A POLYNOMIAL

FUNCTION?

ANSWER 2

DEGREE AND LEADING COEFFICIENT

(OR JUST LEADING TERM)

QUESTION 3

ANSWER 3

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF REAL ZEROS: 6

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF X-INTERCEPTS:

6

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TURNING

POINTS: 5

QUESTION 4

ANSWER 4

QUESTION 5

ANSWER 5

QUESTION 6

ANSWER 6

QUESTION 7

ANSWER 7

QUESTION 8

ANSWER 8

QUESTION 9

ANSWER 9

POSSIBLE NUMBER OF POSITIVE REAL

ZEROS: 3 OR 1

POSSIBLE NUMBER OF NEGATIVE REAL

ZEROS: 0

QUESTION 10

ANSWER 10

QUESTION 11

ANSWER 11

QUESTION 12

ANSWER 12

QUESTION 13

ANSWER 13

QUESTION 14

ANSWER 14

QUESTION 15

ANSWER 15

BONUS

WHAT IS THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF

ASYMPTOTES?

ANSWER

“NOT TOUCHING”