College Algebra, 4th Edition

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• Latus rectum, of a parabola, 664–665

• LAUs (linear attenuation units), 534

• Law of Universal Gravitation, 403, 408–409

• LCD (least common denominator), 54–56

• Leading coefficients, 31

  • of a polynomial function, 332

• Leading entries, in matrices, 594

• Leading term, 31

  • of a polynomial function, 332

• Leading-term test, 337

• Least common denominator (LCD), 54–56

• Least-squares line, 207–209

• Leibniz, Gottfried, 636

• Leonardo da Vinci, 105

• Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci), 720

• Leontief, Wassily, 589

• Leontief input-output model, 589, 599–600, 628–629

• Libby, Willard Frank, 470

• Liber abaci (Fibonacci), 720

• Light, intensity and speed, 407

• Like radicals, 65–66

• Like terms, 31

• Limited sustainable maximum population (M), 475

• Line(s), 198–214

  • horizontal and vertical, ...