document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1208423>Question 1208423</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine if the expressions are a monomial. If it is, name the variable(s) and the coefficient and give the degree of the monomial. If it is not a monomial, state why not.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. -4x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Monomial <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Coefficient is -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The variable is x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The degree is 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. -2x^(-3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2x^(-3) = -1/2x^(3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I say B is not a monomial. The exponent is a non-negative integer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C. 5x^2•y^3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Monomial <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Coefficients are 5 and 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Variables are x and y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The degree is 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D. -(2x^2/(y^3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not sure about D. Is this a monomial? If not, why? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "E. 3x^2 + 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is not a monomial. This is a binomial. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You say?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A)  &nbsp;&nbsp;correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(B)  &nbsp;&nbsp;-2x^(-3) = -<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2Fx%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2Fx%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  &nbsp;&nbsp;Not a monomial\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In your post, &nbsp;you incorrectly treated the coefficient as &nbsp;-<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In reality, &nbsp;the coefficient is &nbsp;-2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(C)  &nbsp;&nbsp;correct.  &nbsp;&nbsp;The coefficient is &nbsp;5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It is not &nbsp;\" 5 &nbsp;and &nbsp;1 \".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The rest is correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(D)  &nbsp;&nbsp;It is not a monomial.  &nbsp;&nbsp;It is a rational function &nbsp;&nbsp;(there is &nbsp;y^3 &nbsp;in the denominator).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(E)  &nbsp;&nbsp;correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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