Part 1: Explain, in complete sentences, what it means to write a polynomial in standard form.
Part 2: Provide an example of a 4-term polynomial, not in standard form, and explain how to rewrite it in standard form.

Question

Part 1: Explain, in complete sentences, what it means to write a polynomial in standard form.
Part 2: Provide an example of a 4-term polynomial, not in standard form, and explain how to rewrite it in standard form.

campbell_st · Answer

start with the highest power of x as the 1st term... then terms are arranged in order... highest power to lowest power

e.g.  $$P(x)= 3x^2 + 2 + x^3 + 3x$$

correctly its

$$P(x) = x^3 + 3x^2 +3x +2 $$

anonymous · Answer

is that the answer ?

campbell_st · Answer

well the definition of a polynomial  is 

$$P(x)=p _{0}+p _{1}x+p _{2}x^2 + p _{3}x^3+....+p _{n}x^n$$ 


where n is a positive integer or zero... 

I'm not sure what your definition of standard form is... 

perhaps you have to write it with  a monic 1st term...

and a there is the simplest polynomial... the zero polynomial