Which polygon is written in ascending order?

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

@DebbieG @drewsorr1 @mathessentials @DSS

anonymous · Answer

The last one...descending order would be t^2-t+4. Ascending order would be the opposite.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks!  

Arrange the following polynomial into descending order and identify the third term.

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debbieg · Answer

I think you mean polynomial. :)

"order" means the degree of each term, which means the sum of the powers of any variables.

E.g.: 
$\Large t^3$ is a 3rd degree term
$\Large t^2$ is a 2nd degree term
$\Large t$ is a 1st degree term
Any constant can be thought of as a "0" degree term.

So ascending means put terms in order from smallest to largest degree
Desending means from largest to smallest.

debbieg · Answer

Is that 2nd image you answer? That isn't correct....

debbieg · Answer

*your

anonymous · Answer

The second image are the answer choices, a, b, c, and d.

debbieg · Answer

Oh, I see. OK, so the answer is really just, what is the 3rd term.

What do you think? Do you understand what I wrote above?

debbieg · Answer

Can you put the terms in order?

debbieg · Answer

You have terms that are degree: 3, 2, 1 and 0. So just put them descending order (largest to smallest). What's the 3rd term? :)