{71-Polynomi Orjetne Define polynomial, monomial, binomial, and trinomial ‘Determine degree by finite differences Write polynomials in general form ‘Use finite differences and systems of equations to find a polynomial function that fits Asta 23t, Definition of a Polynomial ‘A polynomial In one varie any expression that canbe writen ne form were x a rarible the exponents are aonnepsie integers, the coefclents Ure rel pumbers and #0 Each monomial being add to make the polynomil isa term. | Polynomial Function: A function in which a polynomial _@xpeession is set equal to@ second variable. Degree: Ina K€ _-variable polynomial, the power ofthe term that has the greatest exponent. Ina_Mulfi - variable polynomial, the greatest Sue of the powers in a single term. General Form: The form ofa polynomial in which the terms are ordered such thatthe degrees ofthe terms decease, fom eft rght Monomial: A polynomial with ge _ tm. | Bimini wih__igo ems jomiak: A polynomial with three terms.‘Example 1: Find the difference ofthe y-valves until the differences are constant. What do you notice? yeaa Degree:_/ x | y 2 | 10 3] 3 4 | 16 s | 19 6 7 Finite x |¥ 10 | 1018 n | 1349 2 | 1746 13 | 221 w4 | 2702 15 | 3393 Degree:_ 2 Degree: 3 =] TS . be tater) [eps 43 39 | 3.92 - \ 7 s 25 pes 4.0 | 5.00 pas 10 25 So uel 42 | 7.28 . 20 455 Degete 3 set of data, by analyzing differences between data values corresponding to equally spaced values of the independent variable. Example 2: Determine what degree the polynomials represented by the tables below will be. ferences Method: A method of finding the degree of a polynomial that will model a x] ¥ 5 | 280 0] o 5 | 20 F m0 ae ze a 15 | -101,250 Sie) cana 20 | 320000 Daye‘Example 3: The table below represents the number of diagonals a polygon ofn-sdes has. a function to determine how many diagonals a 35-gon has. 1, Determine the degree of the function. x ¥ [Number of sides) | [Number of di 3 0 4 2 yi 5 5 yo 6 9 Se! 7 4 ye)! 8 20 Because the functions guadeatiz. , we can model the Function as _ = 2% “ebxte Because we have 3 unknown values (2, b,c) in our function, we will need to write three equations. Pick 3 points to help us write our equation ~ I pont per equation. Substitute the x- and y-values into our general fimetion: orate base of fassbse a tlea tl +e aradyreby se Gealyreb ste StaSesSb4e Solve the system above [substation elimination, or mateives] : C+ -Fa-3b 22 Ta +e scuasa(o-ta) 29-74) peta tye task Se lhe tab ber¥ 48 begins Yeasa+Sb-14-36 0 ps aeTa 230 bale ra eo 9e) 3-14) oat The fnation haters our: = x7-2x +0 a Ue the equation above to determine how many dagonata3-gon has yh (e)* 26) = (10s) - 55 2 bie 5-32, Sto diagonals