Question

How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms `-10 + 4q^4 - 8q + 3q^2`?

Answer 1

Standard form: `4q^4 + 4q^2 - 8q - 10`
Degree: `4`
Terms: `4`

Explanation:

In standard form, these terms will be expressed from highest to lowest exponent:
`4q^4 + 4q^2 - 8q - 10`

Classifying by degree means to find the highest exponent of the terms, so the degree is `4`.

A term is a value split by the addition and subtraction operations, so there are `4` terms.

Hope this helps!