Adding
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Degree of Polynomials
Vocabulary
100

(3y2 + 5y - 6) + (7y2 - 9)

 

(10y2 + 5y - 15)

100

(3x2y + 6x2  + x) - (4x2 + x + 4)

3x2y + 2x2 - 4

100

(7x2+8x+2)(8x2+6x+5)

56x4+106x

100

-x4+x2+x

4

100

What are Polynomials

 Polynomials are  an expression of more than two algebraic terms

200

(4y2 + 8y - 4) + (9y2 - 2)

13y2 + 8y - 6

200

(3x2 + 2x - 5) - (5x2 - 3x + 2)

-2x2 + 5x - 7

200

(2x7+4x2+3x)(3x8+2x3+15x)

9x7+6x6+15x

200

x5y2+x4y2

7

200

degree of a polynomial

the exponent

300

(3x2 - 4x + 3) + (2x2 - 5x -4)

5x2 - 9x - 1

300

(6x3 – 2x2 + 8x) – (4x3 – 11x + 10)

 2x3 – 2x2 + 19x – 10

300

 3x2(4x2 – 5x + 7)

12x- 15x3  + 21x2
300

x5y3z+2xy3+4x2yz2

9

300

Leading coefficient

the coefficient of the term with the highest degree



400

 (2x + 5y) + (3x – 2y)

 5x + 3y

400

(x3 + 3x2 + 5x – 4) – (3x3 – 8x2 – 5x + 6)

 –2x3 + 11x2 + 10x –10

400

–6xy(4x2 – 5xy – 2y2)

-24x3y + 30x2y2 + 12xy3

400

2x3y6z2+5x2y4+x5y7

12

400

Monomial

(of an algebraic expression) consisting of one term.

500

(3x3 + 3x2 – 4x + 5) + (x3 – 2x2 + x – 4)

4x3 + 1x2 – 3x + 1

500

(3x3 – 5x + 9) + (6x3 + 8x – 7)

9x3 + 3x + 2

500

 (3x – 4y)(5x – 2y)

15x2 - 26xy  + 8y2

500

x15y4z9+x8y12z2+x20y7

28

500

Standard form of a Polynomial

from highest to lowest degree