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Algebra.Com's Answer #599427 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "This is only a matter of semantics.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sometimes we say\r\n" );
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document.write( "p(x) is a polynomial p in the variable x. \r\n" );
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document.write( "and other times we say\r\n" );
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document.write( "p(x) is a polynomial p in x. \r\n" );
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document.write( "It's your choice to either put in the words \"the variable\" or leave them out.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Ask your teacher which one he or she prefers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But, as I said above, it's just a matter of preference which you say.\r\n" );
document.write( "It makes no difference whatever mathematically speaking.\r\n" );
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