document.write( "Question 831445: classify the following as a monomial, binomial or trinomial where possible y^7 + y^6 +8y^5 + 2 \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "If it had only 1 term it would be a MONOMIAL.\r\n" );
document.write( "If it had only 2 terms it would be a BINOMIAL.\r\n" );
document.write( "If it had only 3 terms it would be a TRINOMIAL.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But yours has 4 terms.  So all you can do is say it is a POLYNOMIAL.\r\n" );
document.write( "For some reason they never coined a word \"quadranomial\" or \"tetranomial\", :)\r\n" );
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document.write( "For all I know, in other languages there may be a word\r\n" );
document.write( "specifically for 4-term polynomials, but not in English.  So we\r\n" );
document.write( "just call it a polynomial.  FYI, its degree is 7.\r\n" );
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