a) term
b)coefficient
c)polynomial
d)linear equation
Please try to keep answers to basic english!! Have tried looking through my Oxford Concise Dictionary of Mathematics and ended up even more confused than i started out! Thanks
2007-12-02 05:33:47 · 2 answers · asked by Perfect-Angel84 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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2007-12-02 05:37:09 · answer #1 · answered by sweetness 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3x^2 +2x + 5 is a trinomial consisting of three terms:
3x^2 , 2x, and 5
3x^2 +2x +5 is a polynomial because it has more than one term. A polynomial is an expression that has more than one term
The x^2 term is multiplied by 3. 3 is a coefficient of x^2. Likewise 2 is a coefficient of x.
y= 4x+6 is a linear equation because the x term has an exponent of 1. That makes it linear. When graphed, youii get a straight line. 3x^2 +2x + 5 has the x^2 term which has an exponent of 2. Thus it is of degree 2 and its graph will be a parabola shaped like a U and will not be a straight line or linear equation.
2007-12-02 05:44:57 · answer #2 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋