polynomials

polynomials

1. MONOMIALS

   • A monomial is an expression of the type ax where A is a real number constant and n is a nonnegative integer
     • FOR EXAMPLE : 3x , 2 , 2x , 3x , 0

2. POLYNOMIAL

   • A polynomial is a monomial or a combination of sums or differences of monomial
     • FOR EXAMPLE : 5w + 8 , -3x + x + 4 , x , 0 , 75y

3. TERMS OF POLYNOMIALS

   • A polynomial that is composed by two terms is called a binomial, those composed by three terms are called trinomials. Polynomial with four terms or more terms have no special name

4. DEGREE OF A POLYNOMIAL

   • The degree of a polynomial is the greatest exponent that the variable has.
     • 3x with and exponent of 2 in that term the degree will be 2
       • It is also the greatest number of variables that a polynomial has when there is more than one variable

5. OPERATIONS BETWEEN POLYNOMIALS

   • In order to add two or more polynomials, you most organize the by : lIKE TERMS ( terms that have the same literal part)
     • SUBTRACTION
       • In order to subtract two or more polynomials, you must operate two by two and keep in mind that the most be organize by like terms
   • MULTIPLICATION
     • To multiplay polynomials you must multiple each term of one polynomial by each term of the other; in case you have more than two polynomials multiplying. You have to proceed two by two each time