document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=274260>Question 274260</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is any of these a polynomial, if so state the degree ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. x2(exponent)+2x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. b2(exponent)c /(fraction bar)d4(exponent)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. 8xz+1/2y </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "#1 is a polynomial of degree 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the caret mark, (Shift-6, \"^\"), to indicate exponentiation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. x^2 + 2x + 2 means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x^2\ +\ 2x\ +\ 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. (b^2c)/(d^4) means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{b^2c}{d^4}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. 8xz + 1/2y means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 8xz\ +\ \frac{1}{2}y\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In which case 3 is a polynomial of degree 2.  (The degree of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> in the first term is 1 and the degree of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large z\"> in the first term is 1, but the degree of the term is the sum of the degrees of all of the variables in the term, so 1 + 1 = 2.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8xz + 1/(2y) means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 8xz\ +\ \frac{1}{2y}\"> and this is NOT a polynomial.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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