How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms $-1 + 2x^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-24T19:29:00

Standard form: $2x^2 -1$
Degree: $2$
Terms: $2$

In standard form, these terms will be expressed from highest to lowest exponent:
$2x^2 - 1$

Classifying by degree means to find the highest exponent of the terms, so the degree is $2$ .

A term is a value split by the addition and subtraction operations, so there are $2$ terms.

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How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms -1 + 2x^2-1 + 2x^2?