document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=559096>Question 559096</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is 4a(with exponent 2) b (with exponent 5) a polynomial? (Sorry, I don't know how to type \"a\" raised to the 3rd power and \"b\" raised to the 5th power in this box) Why or why not? I have searched my textbook and online. I think this is a monomial (a one term polynomial), but I'm not sure becuase it has two differnt variables.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #363305 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=363305\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are right. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4a%5E2b%5E5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4a%5E2b%5E5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is a monomial.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Some may also call it a polynomial, just as the empty set is called a set, and how a square is considered a special case of a rectangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4a%5E2b%5E5%2B2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4a%5E2b%5E5%2B2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be a binomial. Each group of multiplied numbers and variables (with any exponents) between plus and minus signs is called a term and if you count two terms, it is a binomial. Three terms makes a trinomial, and if you don't want to count, you call it a polynomial. </SPAN>\n" );
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