Question

1) Explain what terms and degrees are. How are they used to classify polynomials?

Term =

Degree of Term =

Degree of Polynomial =

2) Classify this polynomial by degree and number of terms: 4x^2y^2 - 6xy + 2x^3y^2

3) What is a composite function and how does it work?

Answer 1

1) A term is a number, variable, or group of variables with coefficients.Terms are separated by a + = - ÷ or x sign.

The degree of a term is the exponent the term is raised to.

The degree of a polynomial is the highest exponent any of the terms in the polynomial is raised to.

2) Number of terms is 3. The degree of the polynomial is 5

3) A composite function is a function that has another function substituted into it.

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