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Name AND define the two ways to classify polynomials

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the 2 ways a polynomial can be classified is by its degree or by its number of terms.
Number of terms is each amount of individual term. A term is just a number and a variable (possibly to a power/degree). Terms are also separated using a function such as multiplication, addition, and subtraction.

The degree of a polynomial is just the greatest variable's power so if x^5 is the greatest power in that function, than that is the degree of the polynomial
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