SOLUTION: Can you help me with the answer for this? True or False: A third-degree polynomial must be a trinomial.

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True or False: A third-degree polynomial must be a trinomial.
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, Alan3354:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
False.  Here is a third-degree polynomial that is not a trinomial:



It has 4 terms, and therefore is not a trinomial, which has only 3 terms.

Edwin
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
False
is a 3rd degree binomial
is 3rd order with 6 terms.
The degree and number of terms are not related.
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