MATH DICTIONARY


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between:   point B is between points A and C if AB + BC = AC.

biconditional statement:   a compound statement that says one sentence is true if and only

                                         if the other sentence is true.

binary number system:   the number system that uses only 0's and 1's.  The places in the

                                        binary numbers are   .......2n.......25 , 24, 23, 22, 21, 20.

binomial:   an algebraic expression that is the sum of two terms.

binomial theorem:   the theorem that tells how to expand the expression (a + b)n.

bisect:  to cut something in half.


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