Question

Mario says that the expression 4+3n² has four terms: 4, 3, n, and 2. Is he correct? explain.

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Answer 1

Mario says that the expression
`4+3n^2` has four terms: 4, 3, n, and 2. Mario is incorrect

Solution:

Given that the expression is:

`4+3n^2`

Given that, Mario says that the above expression has four terms

But Mraio is incorrect

Because the given expression has two terms only

4 is one of the term

`3n^2` is another term

So there are totally 2 terms only

A term can be a signed number, a variable, or a constant multiplied by a variable or variables

Here 3 is a constant multiplied by
`n^2`

So,
`3n^2` is one term

Each term in an algebraic expression is separated by a + sign or - sign

Thus there are two terms in mario expression