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What does "Classify the polynomial by the number of terms" mean

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"Classify the polynomial by the number of terms" means a term contains both the variables and its coefficient. For example a "monomial" has one term like
2x^(2).

A binomial has 2 terms like
3x^(2)+6x

A trinomial has 3 terms like
4x^(2)+5x-8

And a polynomial has 4 or more terms.

So basically one can classify the type of polynomial by counting the number of terms in a given equation.

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