Question

Write the polynomial in standard form. What is the name of the polynomial based on its degree and number of terms?
3+5x+4x^2
I put Quadratic Trinomial and got 1/2 credit. Can someone please help me find the answer? Thanks(:

Answer 1

@Hope_nicole @kelliegirl33

Answer 2

Did you change the order of the terms to be descending powers of x?

Answer 3

What? And no.

Answer 4

You missed this part.

"Write the polynomial in standard form"

4x^2 + 5x + 3

Answer 5

The degree is 2....right ?

Answer 6

yeah

Answer 7

And the number of terms is 3...right ?

Answer 8

yeah

Answer 9

wouldn't that make it a trinomial ?

Answer 10

I put Quadratic Trinomial?

Answer 11

I would put quartic trinomial

Answer 12

We havent even learned about quartic?

Answer 13

NVM...that can't be right.

Answer 14

It would be quadratic...how is that incorrect. Maybe you only got half credit because you didn't put it in standard form.

Answer 15

Why are we still wondering?

You missed this part.

"Write the polynomial in standard form"

4x^2 + 5x + 3

It is a Quadratic Trinomial. It was NOT in standard form.

Answer 16

tkhunny is right :)

Answer 17

ok thanks (:

Answer 18

It strikes me as possible that the question may have demanded "Degree 2" rather than "Quadratic". A silly distinction if that was part of the problem.