Question

What is another name for this polynomial, based on the number of terms it contains?

g(x)=x^3+x^2-27

is it trinomial? or binomial becase it only has 2 exponents?

Answer 1

Becoz it has the highest degree of 3. so it's a trinomial

Answer 2

Wrong, a trinomial has 3 terms...

Answer 3

So a trinomial b/c it has 3 terms

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinomial

Answer 5

i looked at that and thats what got me confused

Answer 6

Mono -1
Bi - 2
Tri -3 with reference to the number of terms not the degree

Answer 7

i got confused b/c it looked as if every term needed like a # and then an x after it on every #... like (#x^3-#x^2+#x) ... so it is a trinomial

Answer 8

U understand it now?

Answer 9

yeah thanks :)