Saturday, March 28, 2009

Polynomials

Polynomials can be anything from a single number to a variable to a combination of numbers and variables

Monomials have one term.
Such as... 8x4 , 6 , or 2xy

Binomials have 2 terms which are not like.
Such as... 2wz - 4dt , 4x2 - 3x , 4c - 2d

Trinomials have 3 terms which are not like.
Such as... 4bt - 5yu + 9o , 3x2 - 2x + 9 , 5t + 7y - 8u

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