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Common difference (p. 275) The difference between
consecutive terms of an arithm etic sequence.
Diferencia comun (p. 275) La d ife re n c ia c o m u n es la
diferencia entre los terminos consecutivos de una progresion
aritmetica.
Example T h e c o m m o n d iffe re n c e is 3 in th e
arithmetic sequence 4, 7, 10, 13,.Common ratio (p. 467) The fixed num ber used to find
te rm s in a g e o m e tric seq ue nce.Razon comun (p. 467) Numero constante que se usa para
hallar los term inos en una progresion geometrica.
Example The com m on ratio is 3 in
the geom etric sequence
9, 3, 1 ,1 ,...Complement of an event (p. 770) All possible outcomes
that are not in the event.
P(complement of event) = 1 -P(event)Complemento de un suceso (p. 770) Todos los
resultados posibles que no se dan en el suceso.
P(complemento de un suceso) = 1 - P(suceso)
Example T he c o m p le m e n t o f ro llin g a 1 o r a 2 o n a
n u m b e r c u b e is ro llin g a 3, 4, 5, o r 6.Complement of a set (p. 196) The set o f all elements in
th e universa l s e t t h a t are n o t in a g iv e n set.Complemento de un conjunto (p. 196)
Conjunto de todos los elementos en
el c o n ju n to u niversa l q u e n o se in c lu y e n en
el c o n ju n to dado.
Example If U={... , - 3 , - 2 , - 1 , 0, 1, 2, 3,... }
and A = { 0 , 1, 2, 3,... } , th e n th e
complement of A is A' = { ... , -3 , -2 , -1 }.Completing the square (p. 576) A method of solving
quadratic equations. Completing the square turns every
quadratic equation into the form x1 = c.Completar el cuadrado (p. 576) Metodo para solucionar
e cu a c io n e s c u a d ra tic a s. C u a n d o se c o m p le ta el c u a d ra d o , se
tra n s fo r m a la e c u a c io n c u a d ra tic a a la fo r m u la x2 = c.
Example x2 + 6x - 7 = 9 is re w ritte n as
(x + 3 )2 = 25 by c o m p le tin g th e
square.Complex fraction (p. 528) A fr a c tio n t h a t has a fra c tio n
in its n u m e ra to r o r d e n o m in a to r o r in b o th its n u m e ra to r
and denom inator.Fraccion com pleja (p. 528) Una fraccion compleja es una
fra c c io n q u e c o n tie n e o tra fra c c io n en el n u m e ra d o r 0 en el
denominador, 0 en ambos.Example - 5 -Compound event (p. 776) An event that consists of tw o Suceso com puesto (p. 776) Suceso que consiste en dos o
or more events linked by the word and or the w o rd or. m as sucesos u n id o s p o r m e d io de la p a la b ra y o la p a la b ra 0.
Example R o llin g a 5 o n a n u m b e r c u b e
a n d th e n ro llin g a 4 is a
compound event.