How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms $–4 + 3x –2x^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-07T13:50:21

$-2x^2+3x-4$ , second degree, trinomial.

Standard form has descending powers, so

$-2x^2+3x-4$

is the standard form.

Since the highest power is 2, this is a second degree polynomial.
Since there are three terms this is a trinomial.

How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms –4 + 3x –2x^2–4 + 3x –2x^2?