SOLUTION: Classify as a binomial, trinomial, or polynomial. Simplify before you classify. I'm lost here! 3ab – 7cd + 5ac

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Question 191412: Classify as a binomial, trinomial, or polynomial. Simplify before you classify. I'm lost here!
3ab – 7cd + 5ac
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since we cannot simplify further, we just have to ask ourselves: "how many terms are in the expression?"


Since there are 3 terms in the expression 3ab+-+7cd+%2B+5ac, this means that 3ab+-+7cd+%2B+5ac is a trinomial (think of tricycle)