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document.write( "13x³ - 2.5x² - 7Öx + \"matrix%283%2C1%2C%0D%0A%0D%0A%22%22%2C+9%5E%281%2F2%29%2C%22%22%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's the square root term with a variable underneath.\r\n" );
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document.write( "that prevents it from being a polynomial.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A polynomial can have only terms with WHOLE NUMBER powers of VARIABLES, \r\n" );
document.write( "and no VARIABLES under root radicals or in denominators.  It is OK to have\r\n" );
document.write( "CONSTANTS under radicals, or CONSTANTS under root radicals, just\r\n" );
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