Question

Give an example of a trinomial written in descending order.
State the degree of your polynomial.

Answer 1

"tri" nomial means it has three terms
write anything in one variable with three terms
here is my example
\[x^2+4x+5\] you can make up your own

Answer 2

thankyou I mainly just dont know how to find the degree

Answer 3

not very hard right?
you can write
\[5x^2-3x+1\]\[7x^2+9x-6\]
etc etc

Answer 4

degree just means the largest exponent

Answer 5

in the two examples above the largest exponent is 2, so the degree is 2

Answer 6

i thought it would have to be like 5x-3x+1x?

Answer 7

if i wrote
\[3x^4+5x^2+1\] the degree would be 4

Answer 8

oh okay thankyou but it doenst have to have 3 "letter terms"?

Answer 9

oh no, that is not a trinomial, because
\[5x-3x+1x=3x\]

Answer 10

you mean three variables? no, just three terms

Answer 11

okay thankyou very much

Answer 12

yw, hope it is clear