SOLUTION: Can second-order polynomials (highest term is x^2) have more than three terms? Why or why not?

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Question 325843: Can second-order polynomials (highest term is x^2) have more than three terms? Why or why not?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No, the most number of terms it can have are three.
The required terms is the term, then it may also have an term and a constant term.
But that's all it can have.

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