SOLUTION: Can you help me with the answer for this? True or False: A third-degree polynomial must be a trinomial.

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Question 277199: Can you help me with the answer for this?
True or False: A third-degree polynomial must be a trinomial.
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, Alan3354:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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False.  Here is a third-degree polynomial that is not a trinomial:

7x%5E3%2B5x%5E2%2B2x%2B1

It has 4 terms, and therefore is not a trinomial, which has only 3 terms.

Edwin

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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False
x%5E3+-+1 is a 3rd degree binomial
x%5E3+%2B+x%5E2+%2B+x+-y+%2B+y%5E2+%2B+y%5E3 is 3rd order with 6 terms.
The degree and number of terms are not related.
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