Is $7x^3$ a monomial?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-13T12:20:11

Yes it is.

A monomial is a product of a constant and variables raised to non-negative whole number powers.

Monomial Examples:

$5x$ , $color(white)"W"$ $2/3a^2$ , $color(white)"W"$ $4x^3y^2z$

Examples that may take some thought:

$3$ , (Sometimes we say that this is $3x^0$ , since $x^0 =1$ for all $x$ except $x=0$ )

$0$ , (sometimes it is helpful to write this as $0x^2$ or $0t$ )

$7sqrt3 x^5$ , (It is ok for the constant to involve a root)

Not Monomials:

$2/x$ (Monomials do not have variables in the denominator.)

$5sqrtx$ (Monomials do not have roots of the variables.)

$3x^2 + 7x$ (This is a binomial.)

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