Question

help me please

8. Determine if the expression is a polynomial. If so, classify it by its number of terms.

3x^2

Yes; monomial
Yes; binomial
Yes; trinomial
No; not a polynomial

Answer 1

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/ALGEBRA/AV2/smono.htm
a monomial has one term like 4x^3
binomial has two terms like 2x^3 + x
polynomial has more than one term like 2x^2 + 3x + 4

Answer 2

whoops
polynomial: at least one term
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/polynomials.html
so a term like 5x is also a polynomial

Answer 3

thank you

Answer 4

you're welcome :)