Which type of polynomial is #5x^3-3x^2+x+6#?
1 Answer
May 2, 2016
It is called a cubic, or more specifically a cubic polynomial in one variable
Explanation:
The degree of each term is the power of
#5x^3# has degree#3# #-3x^2# has degree#2# #x# has degree#1# #6# has degree#0#
The degree of the polynomial is the maximum degree of its terms.
So in our example, the polynomial is of degree
A polynomial of degree
The names of the first few degrees of polynomial are:
#0# - constant#1# - linear#2# - quadratic#3# - cubic#4# - quartic#5# - quintic#6# - sextic (or hexic)#7# - septic (yes - really!) (or heptic)#8# - octic#9# - nonic#10# - decic
