Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- To make ___ or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
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- A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself (plural)
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- An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
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- A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
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- To become larger in size or volume or quantity
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- An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division
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- A transformation in which the coordinate axes are ___ by a fixed angle about the origin
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- A line connecting ___ points
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- The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals (plural)
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- Hopeful and optimistic; the opposite of negative
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- A qualitative change
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- An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
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- The phenomenon of a propagating wave being thrown back from a surface
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- A quantity that is added
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- A component of a mixture that has been separated by a ___ process (plural)
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- The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
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