Write the Word or Phrase That Best Completes Each Statement $f ( x )$

question 180

Short Answer

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Provide the missing information.
-Let $f ( x )$ be a polynomial. An inequality of the form $f ( x ) < 0 , f ( x ) > 0 , f ( x ) \geq 0$ , or $f ( x ) \leq 0$ is called aــــــــــــ inequality. If the polynomial is of degreeــــــــــــــ , then the inequality is also called a quadratic inequality.

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