Question

Provide three unique examples of polynomials of varying degree and classification.

State the classification of each.

State the degree of each.

Answer 1

@ganeshie8 @DollyAcquah

Answer 2

@johnweldon1993

Answer 3

Okay well Degree is the exponent of the polynominal...
And classification just means how many "terms" are in the polynomial

So say we have

f(x) = 4x^5 + 3x^4 - 2x^3 + 8x^2 - 4x + 1

The highest degree (exponent) in this polynomial is 5 correct

And how many terms are there?

Well we have

4x^5 -> 1
3x^4 -> 2
2x^3 -> 3
8x^2 -> 4
4x -> 5
1 -> 6

So there are 6 terms in this polynomial

Answer 4

So I could do f(x)= 3x^2+2x^4-2x^3 and it has 3 terms

Answer 5

and the degree would be 4

Answer 6

Correct :)

Answer 7

Ok thanks :) and again the state is just the number of terms?

Answer 8

Right the classification would just be the number of terms :)

Answer 9

Ok thanks