document.write( "Question 1145341: Why is it impossible to have a linear trinomial with one variable? \n" ); document.write( "
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let the one variable be x.
\n" ); document.write( "the linear equation can have the highest degree of the variable equal to 1.
\n" ); document.write( "it can be at most a binomial, composed of the variable and a constant.
\n" ); document.write( "an example would be 5x + 3.
\n" ); document.write( "to make it a trinomial, you would have to add another term, but that can't be done because, when you combine like terms, you're back to two terms which is a binomial.
\n" ); document.write( "an example:
\n" ); document.write( "5x + 3 + 7x - 4
\n" ); document.write( "combine like terms and you get 12x - 1 which is a binomial.
\n" ); document.write( "no matter how many time you try to add or subtract like terms, the simplified version of the expression always collapses to two terms.\r
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