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The polynomial in standard form and identify the degree and leading coefficient of the polynomial and also classify the polynomial by the number of terms.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The give polynomial is
Calculations:
Here the given polynomial is
So we can see that the polynomial has three terms. So it is called a trinomial.
Here the term,
Also the term,
Also the term,
Now arranging the terms according to descending order of degree we get the standard form of the polynomial. Thus the standard form of the polynomial is as follows.
Here the highest degree of the three terms is
The coefficient of the term having degree
Thus the expression is called a fourth degree trinomial.
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