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What is the locus of a point that moves so that the sum of its distances from two fixed points is constant?
An ellipse
What is the definition of a tangent to a conic?
A line that touches the conic at only one point
What is the focus of a point that moves so that its distance from a fixed point and a fixed line is always equal?
A parabola
What is the locus of a point that moves so that it is always equidistant from a fixed point?
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In polar coordinate system, when is the polar angle positive?
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What is the plane rectangular coordinate system divided into?
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What is the rectangular coordinate system in space divided into?
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What is the conic section whose eccentricity is greater than one?
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Which type of business structure is characterized by a single owner?
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What is an annuity?
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What must two investments with the same present worth and unequal lives have?
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What is perfect competition?
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What is utility?
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What is marginal revenue?
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What is a journal in accounting?
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What is depreciation?
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What is the term for the chord that contains a focus and a line perpendicular to the major axis in an ellipse?
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What is the term for a legal entity possessing many of the legal powers of individuals?
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Which of the following is not a part of a balance sheet?
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What is the term for the cost of merchandise that includes freight and insurance cost?
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What is the term for a fund into which annual deposits are made in order to accumulate a fund at a future time?
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What is the term for cash money credit necessary to establish and operate an enterprise?
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What is the term for the act of charging two or more buyers or sellers different prices for the same product?
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What is the term for a formal organization of producers within an industry formed to increase profit and block newcomers from the industry?
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What is the term for the price at which the quantity of a good that buyers want to buy is equal to the quantity that sellers want to sell?
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What is the length of time during which a property is capable of performing the function for which it was designed and manufactured?
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What type of business entity is a distinct legal entity, separate from its owners?
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How many faces does an icosahedron have?
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Which of the following cannot be a probability?
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What shape are the faces of a regular hexahedron?
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What is the result of infinity minus infinity?
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What is the result of any number divided by infinity?
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What is the shape of the path of a projectile?
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What is the term for the outcome of an experiment?
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What are curves that intersect a given family of curves at an angle less than 90° called?
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What is the term for a series of numbers that are perfectly square numbers?
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What is the term for a sequence of numbers where every term is obtained by adding all the preceding terms?
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Which hypothesis states that equal volumes of all gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules?
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What is the ratio of the triaxial stress to the change in volume at equal stress in all directions?
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According to Kepler's law, what determines the shape of the ellipse?
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Study Notes
Conic Sections
- A conic section whose eccentricity is greater than one is known as a hyperbola.
- A conic section whose eccentricity is less than one is known as an ellipse.
- A conic section whose eccentricity is equal to one is known as a parabola.
Coordinate Systems
- In a polar coordinate system, the polar angle is positive when measured counterclockwise.
- The distance from a point to the pole in a polar coordinate system is known as the radius.
Business and Economics
- An annuity is a series of uniform amounts over a period of time.
- An interest-earning fund in which equal deposits are made at equal intervals of time is called a sinking fund.
- The decrease in value of a physical property due to the passage of time is known as depreciation.
- The cost of merchandise, including freight and insurance costs, is known as freight-on-board.
- The balance sheet is a statement showing the financial status of a company at a given time.
- Cash money credit necessary to establish and operate an enterprise is known as capital.
Geometry
- The length of time during which a property is capable of performing the function for which it was designed and manufactured is termed as economic life.
- A regular hexahedron has faces that are squares.
- Infinity minus infinity is indeterminate.
- Any number divided by infinity is equal to zero.
Probability and Statistics
- A possible outcome of an experiment is called an event.
- A sequence of numbers where every term is obtained by adding all the preceding terms, such as 1, 5, 14, 30,…..is called a triangle number.
Science
- The act of charging two or more buyers or sellers different prices for the same product is known as price discrimination.
- The main cause of a leak from a faucet coming out in separate drops is surface tension.
- The ratio of the triaxial stress to the change in volume at equal stress in all directions is known as the bulk modulus of elasticity.
Miscellaneous
- A corporation is a legal entity possessing many of the legal powers of individuals.
- The locus of a point that moves so that its distance from a fixed point and a fixed line is always equal is known as a parabola.
- The plane rectangular coordinate system is divided into four parts, which are known as quadrants.
- The rectangular coordinate system in space is divided into eight compartments, which are known as octants.
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