SOLUTION: WHAT IS THE BASIC RULE TO WRITE THE POLYNOMIALS IN ASCENDING AND DECENDING ORDER. ONLY EXPONENTS OF A PARTICULAR VARIABLE IS TO BE CONSIDERED OR SIGNS(NEGATIVE VALUES) ALSO TO BE T

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Question 45399: WHAT IS THE BASIC RULE TO WRITE THE POLYNOMIALS IN ASCENDING AND DECENDING ORDER. ONLY EXPONENTS OF A PARTICULAR VARIABLE IS TO BE CONSIDERED OR SIGNS(NEGATIVE VALUES) ALSO TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION?
Answer by mathgenius(8) About Me  (Show Source):
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I believe they're talking about something like the following example:
x + x^2 + 3
See, you would need to rewrite this like:
x^2 + x + 3
Why? Because variables with exponents come first, then the variables with no exponents, then the whole number.