F. Ernest Jerome
| Algebraic expression | A statement of the mathematical operations to be carried out on a combination of numbers and variables.
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| Base | The quantity that is multiplied by itself in a power.
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| Binomial | An expression containing two terms.
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| Capital gain | The amount by which an investment's value increases during the holding period.
(See page 71.)
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| Capital gain yield | The capital gain as a percentage of the initial investment.
(See page 72.)
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| Capital loss | The amount by which an investment's value decreases during the holding period.
(See page 72.)
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| Compounding | Applying each successive percent change to the cumulative amount after the preceding percent change.
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| Equation | A statement of the equality of two algebraic expressions.
(See page 55.)
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| Exponent | The number of times that the base is multiplied by itself in a power.
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| Factors | The components of a term in an algebraic expression that are separated by multiplication or division signs; the components of a product.
(See page 44.)
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| Holding period | The time period over which investment income or capital gain is being calculated.
(See page 72.)
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| Income | Revenue earned from an investment without selling any portion of the investment.
(See page 71.)
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| Income yield | An investment's income expressed as a percentage of the amount invested at the beginning of the period.
(See page 72.)
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| Like terms | Terms having the same literal coefficient.
(See page 45.)
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| Linear equation | An equation in which the variable is raised only to the first power.
(See page 55.)
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| Literal coefficient | The non-numerical factor in a term.
(See page 44.)
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| Monomial | An expression containing only one term.
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| Non-linear equation | An equation in which the variable appears with an exponent other than "1," or appears as part of a mathematical function.
(See page 55.)
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| Numerical coefficient | The numerical factor in a term.
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| Polynomial | An expression containing more than one term.
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| Power | A mathematical operation indicating the multiplication of a quantity (the base) by itself a certain number (the exponent) of times.
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| Rate of total return | The investment's combined income and capital gain expressed as a percentage of the beginning investment.
(See page 72.)
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| Root | (of an equation) A particular numerical value for the variable that makes the two sides of the equation equal.
(See page 56.)
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| Substitution | Assigning a numerical value to each of the algebraic variables in an expression.
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| Terms | The components of an algebraic expression that are separated by addition or subtraction signs.
(See page 44.)
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| Total return | The sum of the income and capital gain from an investment during a holding period.
(See page 72.)
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| Trinomial | An expression containing three terms.
(See page 44.)
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