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MsBrains (ms-brains):

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OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Do you have a guess or idea?

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Remember the plus and minus signs separate terms

MsBrains (ms-brains):

I think it's only one, the 3pq part

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

No, the minus sign splits those up

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

So it's not one

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

One term would just be 3pq and nothing else

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

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MsBrains (ms-brains):

o.O Oh. would it be 2p^2 than? Hi puppies

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

each term is between the subtraction sign

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

each term has to be separated by like multiply divide subtract or add sign

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

They are their own term because the minus sign splits them up

MsBrains (ms-brains):

But there is no 0 as an answer choice. So it has to be something..

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

So if you have like 3pq+45p+10+46q that would be three terms one being 3pq one being 45p one being 10 and one being 46q because all those addition signs split them up so you would have 4 terms

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

*four terms sorry

MsBrains (ms-brains):

Oh, so it'd be 3? one term is 2p^2 then another is just q, and another 3pq?

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

So what would your first term be in this problem?

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

No

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

how is the first term being separated

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Where is the seperation

MsBrains (ms-brains):

if 2p^2q counts as one terms, than there are only two terms..

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Yes

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Because the subtraction sign splits 2p^2q and 3pq

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

a one-term polynomial, such as 2x or 4x2, may also be called a "monomial" ("mono" meaning "one") a two-term polynomial, such as 2x + y or x2 – 4, may also be called a "binomial" ("bi" meaning "two") a three-term polynomial, such as 2x + y + z or x4 + 4x2 – 4, may also be called a "trinomial" ("tri" meaning "three")

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/polydefs.htm

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

So you were right the answer is 2 terms

ILovePuppiesLol (ilovepuppieslol):

:)

MsBrains (ms-brains):

Thank you!!

OpenStudy (kayders1997):

Just remember it does matter the degree just split them up by subtraction or addition

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