How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms $8x + 5x^3 – 5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-24T19:35:32

Standard form: $5x^3 + 8x - 5$
Degree: $3$
Terms: $3$

In standard form, these terms will be expressed from highest to lowest exponent:
$5x^3 + 8x - 5$

Classifying by degree means to find the highest exponent of the terms, so the degree is $3$ .

A term is a value split by the addition and subtraction operations, so there are $3$ terms.

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How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms 8x + 5x^3 – 58x + 5x^3 – 5?