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Express the polynomial x2 − x4 + 2x2 in standard form and then classify it.

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Answer:

-x⁴ + 3x² is the standard form, and this is a quartic binomial.

Explanation:

We look to see if there are any like terms first. x² and 2x² are like terms; they combine to make 3x². So this polynomial really only has two terms when simplified.

The standard form of a polynomial has all of its terms in decreasing order of degree.

-x⁴ ⇒ degree 4

3x² ⇒ degree 2

Therefore, standard form is

-x⁴ + 3x²

The degree of this polynomial is the degree of the highest degree term, which is 4. A degree 4 polynomial is called a quartic polynomial.There are two terms, so we can further classify this as a binomial.

Therefore, the answer is quartic binomial

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