#4x+2x^2-7# ?

Rewrite the polynomial by the decending degree of x.?

2 Answers
Mar 1, 2018

The polynomial would be written as #2x^2+4x-7#.

Explanation:

The degree of a monomial is the highest power that its variable is raised to.

For example, the degree of #4x# is #1# (because #4x=4x^1#), the degree of #2x^2# is #2#, and the degree of #-7# is #0# (because #-7x^0=-7#).

Putting these in order of highest to lowest degree yields:

#2x^2+4x-7#

Mar 1, 2018

#2x^2+4x-7#

Explanation:

The first term #2x^2# has x raised to the second power, so x has second degree on that term, the next term #4x# has x to the first power, and the term #-7# doesn't have an x, so z is to the zeroth power.