SOLUTION: classify the following as a monomial, binomial or trinomial where possible y^7 + y^6 +8y^5 + 2

Question 831445: classify the following as a monomial, binomial or trinomial where possible y^7 + y^6 +8y^5 + 2
Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If it had only 1 term it would be a MONOMIAL.
If it had only 2 terms it would be a BINOMIAL.
If it had only 3 terms it would be a TRINOMIAL.

But yours has 4 terms.  So all you can do is say it is a POLYNOMIAL.
For some reason they never coined a word "quadranomial" or "tetranomial", :)

For all I know, in other languages there may be a word
specifically for 4-term polynomials, but not in English.  So we
just call it a polynomial.  FYI, its degree is 7.

Edwin

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