Question

What is the correct classification of 23x + 16?
monomial
binomial
trinomial

Answer 1

It's a binomial expression. Because it has two terms. And bi in binomial means two.

Answer 2

Binomial

Explanation:

Polynomials can be classified by two different ways :- first, by the number of terms and by their degree.

1) By The Count of number of terms

A monomial has one term.

A binomial has two terms.

A trinomial has three terms.

Any polynomial with four or more terms is called a polynomial.

2) Degree of polynomial is found by looking at term with the highest degree on its variable

Given polynomial is 23x + 16

Since given polynomial has two terms and highest degree is one

then it is called Binomial