219,114 views
40 votes
40 votes
Tell whether the expression is a polynomial. if it is give it’s degree. if it’s not state why not.

Tell whether the expression is a polynomial. if it is give it’s degree. if it’s not-example-1
User Belal Mazlom
by
2.4k points

1 Answer

22 votes
22 votes

We have the following expression given:


8x^3-√(2)

One important thing to remember is that by definition a polynomial can't contains decimal values. So on this case since sqrt(2) is not an integer we can conclude that this expression is NOT a polynomial. And the best answer would be:

A

User Tasnim Fabiha
by
2.8k points