2006-11-09 09:28:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
All those mathematicians don't know much botany!
A binomial is a scientific name with two parts.
For example, the red oak is Quercus rubra (2 parts = binomial) but there is aslo a northern variety called:
Quercus rubra var. ambigua (3 parts = trinomial (the most basic polynomial)).
If a plant was a variety of a subspecies it could have four parts, like this variety of the Desert Rose:
Rosa stellata subsp. mirifica var. erlansoniae
2006-11-09 20:14:25 · answer #1 · answered by myrtguy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A polynomial is an expression in which a finite number of constants and variables are combined using only addition, subtraction, multiplication, and positive whole number exponents.
A binomial is a polynomial with 2 terms.
2006-11-09 09:41:40 · answer #2 · answered by SuperDunDan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Literally, a polynomial is "many names" and a binomial is "two names". In mathematics a polynomial has many terms and a binomial has two terms
2006-11-09 09:31:27 · answer #3 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
binomial has 2 terms. It is a special case of a polynom.
polynomial has 2 or more terms.
2006-11-09 09:42:59 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a binomial has two terms and a polynomial has 3 or more terms
2006-11-09 09:30:23 · answer #5 · answered by D.P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a binomial is an equation with two terms added together or subtracted from each other. (ex. 7x-xy)
a polynomial is an equation with more than two terms in it that's added together or subtracted from each other. (ex. x^2+xy-y)
If the variables are multiplied together or divided from each other, it's 1 term. (ex. xyz, y squared, y/h etc.)
2006-11-09 09:38:56 · answer #6 · answered by aerial_dreams08 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You in the Botany category, this is a mathematics question and the word your after is polynomial.
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2006-11-09 09:42:00 · answer #7 · answered by erg322 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋