5-5 Polynomials
Vocab Polynomial- monomial or sum of monomials Monomial- numeral, variable or product of numerals and variables (one term) ex: 4x 3 y Binomial- expression with two termsex: 2x + 6 Trinomials-expression with three terms ex: 3x 2 + x – 8 More than 3 terms? We will just call them polynomials
Degree Degree of a term: Sum of all exponents in that term Ex: Degree of term: 2+1 or 3 Degree of the polynomial: whichever term has highest degree Ex: Degree: The highest is 5 so the polynomial’s degree is 5 and x 5 is leading term
Example 1: Identify terms and give coefficients Coefficients: 2,1, -8
Example 2: Identify degree of each term and degree of polynomial Degree of term: Degree of polynomial: 5
Example 3 Collect like terms
Example 4: Collect like terms
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Assignment 5-5/ /5-50 m5, 53-72