Question

How do you write the polynomial `1 - 2s + 5s^4` in standard form and how many terms and degree is it?

Answer 1

`5s^4 -2s+1`. Its degree is 4

Explanation:

Standard form is with the highest power terms preceding the other terms. The given polynomial in standard form would be `5s^4 -2s+1`.
The degree of a polynomial is the the highest power of its variable. In the present case the degree of polynomial would be 4.