How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms # 7x+3x+5#?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-30T13:42:08

#10x+5# is of order 1 and has two terms

7 lots of #x# plus 3 lots of #x# is a total count of 10 lots of #x#

Write as:#" " 10x+5#

Consider the following example

#a " "#is the same as #a^1# and is of order 1
#axxa" "#is the same as #a^2# and is of order 2
#axxaxxa" "#is the same as #a^3# and is of order 3

So

#10x+5# is of order 1 and has two terms
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Just to make it really clear
If your expression hade been #10x^2+5# then it would have been of order 2