Question

How do you write the polynomial `2/3 + s^2` in standard form and how many terms and degree is it?

Answer 1

Standard form is usually in order of decreasing powers of the variable, so in this case it would be

`s^2+2/3`.

It has `2` terms since terms are separated by plus and minus signs.

It is of degree `2` since the highest power is a power of `2`. (Also hence called a quadratic or 2nd degree polynomial).