Question

Which of these terms could be used as the first term of the expression below to create a polynomial written in standard form? A. 8r2s4 B. – 3r3s3 C. s5 D. 3r4s5 C. –r4s6 D. –6rs5

Answer 1

For a polynomial in standard form, the first term must be positive and have the highest power of the variables.

Here, the first term will be 3r^4s^5