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OpenStudy (anonymous):

please help :) these polynomials? A. f(x)=3x+(4/3)x^3-7 B. g(x)= -5x^3+x-3/x C. h(x)= x^3sqrt5+x-3 D. k(x)= 25x^2-x^3+x^5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

a polynomial is any variable with a positive exponent

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

\[3x^5\] is a polinomial

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I got no for that bc of the fraction but im not sure haha

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

\[3\sqrt{x} \] or \[3x^(1/2)\] are not polinomials

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

i am sorry, not just positive exponent, the exponent has to be a positive integer

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

so the previous ones are not polinomials

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so is 2 yes 3 and 4 no and 5 yes?

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

give me a sec

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

2 is yes

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

3 is no because \[3/x\] is the same as \[3x^(-1)\]

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

4 is yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

why is 4 yes?

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

because whatever the coeficients are does not really matters

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

we just care about the variables having positive integers

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

get it?

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

and finally 5 is yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay i get it! thank you :)

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

for the same reason

OpenStudy (blackstreet23):

no problem :)

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