Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-2 Your Friend Is New to Using

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Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking Questions Case 3-2 Your friend is new to using tables, and he is having a lot of difficulty manipulating them. You offer to help him with some tips for selecting items in the table, for starters. If you tap or click at the left edge of a cell, what are you selecting?

• A) the table
• B) the cell
• C) the row in which the cell appears
• D) the column in which the cell appears

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Definitions:

Center

The midpoint or origin in a coordinate system; also refers to the midpoint of a shape or object in geometry.

Method of Substitution

A technique used to solve systems of equations by solving one equation for one variable and then substituting that expression into the other equation(s).

System of Equations

A set of equations with the same variables, where the solution is the set of values that satisfies all equations simultaneously.

Hyperbola

A type of smooth curve lying in a plane, defined by its geometric properties or by equations that satisfy its definition, characterized by two branches mirrored across the axis or center.