Question

What the hell is ascending order? Really frustrated. help is appreciated.
Identify the polynomial written in ascending order.

8x3+ 2x2- 6x - 11

2x2- 11 + 8x3- 6x

-6x + 8x3- 11 + 2x2

-11 - 6x + 2x2+ 8x3

Answer 1

Think about a stair case.
When you ascend the stairs, you walk up the stairs.

Ascending order means from `smallest` to `largest`.

Answer 2

ah okay. so the smallest number to the largest.

Answer 3

In this case, order refers to the `exponents`.

Answer 4

hmm i dont see exponents

Answer 5

Yah they're a little hidden on a few of them.
That's just notation you need to get used to in algebra.
Let's look at this one a sec.
\[\Large\bf\sf -6x+8x^3-11+2x^2\]

Answer 6

Another way we can write it is like this:\[\Large\bf\sf -6x^1+8x^3-11x^0+2x^2\]

Anything to the 0 power is just one.
So -11(times 1) is the same as -11times x^0.

Answer 7

hm.ok

Answer 8

Hmm so you can see the exponents now, yes?
They count 1, 3, 0, 2... hmm no good.

Answer 9

so would it be 11x0 then -6x then 2x then 8x?

Answer 10

"so would it be 11x0 then -6x then `2x^2` then `8x^3`?"

Yes, good!

Answer 11

oh fabulous

Answer 12

thank you person for sharing your knowledge

Answer 13

yay team \c:/ np