SOLUTION: can someone answer this for me? 6x + 2y is this: monomial,binomial,triomial or not a polynomial?

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Question 36252: can someone answer this for me?
6x + 2y
is this:
monomial,binomial,triomial or not a polynomial?
Found 2 solutions by Prithwis, robertb:
Answer by Prithwis(166) (Show Source):
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6x + 2y is a monomial because the degree of this expression is <= 1;
Any expression having a degree of 1 or zero(constant) is defined as a monomial;
Binomials are when the degree is two, while trinomial expressions have degree 3
All expressions fit under the parent Polynomials;
So, 6x + 2y polynomial is actually a monomial.

Answer by robertb(4012) (Show Source):
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6x+2y is a binomial (that is, has 2 terms). More accurately, it is a bivariate binomial of degree 1. A monomial is any polynomial with only 1 term, a binomial is a polynomial with 2 terms, trinomial 3 terms, etc. The polynomial , for example, is a trinomial in 3 variables of degree 5 (The highest sum of the powers appearing in any term of the polynomial.)