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

Question

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

anonymous · Answer

"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

anonymous · Answer

thankyou I mainly just dont know how to find the degree

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

degree just means the largest exponent

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

if i wrote 
$$3x^4+5x^2+1$$ the degree would be 4

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

you mean three variables? no, just three terms

anonymous · Answer

okay thankyou very much

anonymous · Answer

yw, hope it is clear