Question

What is a polynomial? And how do you identify if an equation is a polynomial?

Answer 1

polynomial is a an algebraic expression with 2 or more terms

Answer 2

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• What are polynomials?

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• Polynomials are often sum of terms that are usually in the form :-

`\huge \sf \: a {x}^(2) + bx + c`

• The powers in a polynomial are non-negative integer powers.
• Based on the number of terms in a polynomial, there are 3 types of polynomials. They are monomial, binomial and trinomial.
• Based on the degree of a polynomial, they can be categorized as zero or constant polynomials, linear polynomials, quadratic polynomials, and cubic polynomials.