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Some definitions

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numbers and i is the square root of (-1) is called a complex number.

Coordinate
Coordinates are two numbers used to determine the position of a point with
respect to a fixed reference called origin.

Degree
Degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of all the variables in that term.

Equation
Equation is a mathematical sentence containing an equal sign.

Evaluate
Evaluating is the process of substituting numbers for variables in an algebraic
expression and simplifying the resulting expression.

Expand
Expanding is the process of carrying out multiplication or exponentiation.

Exponent
Exponent is a number or variable that indicates the number of times the base
appears as factor.

Exponential Equation
Exponential equation is an equation that contains a solution variable in the
exponent.

Expression
Expression is a mathematical sentence containing constants, variables and
operations.

GCF
The greatest common factor (GCF) of a sequence of terms is the largest term
that divides each of them exactly.

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