What is the standard form of a polynomial #(-5x^4 + 3x^3 - 3x^2 - 6x) + (3x^4 + 7x^3 + 4x^2 - 9x + 4)#?
1 Answer
Dec 12, 2017
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
First, remove all of the terms from parenthesis. Be careful to handle the signs of each individual term correctly:
Next, group like terms in descending order of their exponents:
Now, combine like terms: