SOLUTION: Can someone help me figure out if the polynomial below is a monomial, trinomial or a bionomial or none of these. I just do not understand how to determine this and any explanation

Question 297303: Can someone help me figure out if the polynomial below is a monomial, trinomial or a bionomial or none of these. I just do not understand how to determine this and any explanation would greatly be appreciated. Thank you.
-19s^7-4s-8

Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
poly means many
mono means one
bi means two
tri means three.
We are talking about terms
You are combining the terms.
-19s^7 and
-4s and
-8
count the terms.

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