How do you identify the terms in the polynomial expression, $6x^3-5x+2$ and give the degree of each term?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-29T19:42:45

$3 " "$ terms

Terms in an expression are separated from each other by
$+ or -$ signs as long as the $+ and -$ signs are not:

$rarr" "$ in a bracket
$rarr" "$ in a fraction
$rarr " "$ under a root

in which case they do not count.

The expression $color(red)(6x^3)color(blue)(-5x)color(forestgreen)(+2)$ is a trinomial and has 3 separate terms

$color(red)(6x^3)$ is a third degree term

$color(blue)(-5x)$ is a term of the 1st degree

$color(forestgreen)(+2)$ is the constant term which does not have a variable.
$" "$ It is a term of degree 0.

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