How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms -7x^2-x^3+x+5+2?

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Feb 11, 2018

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Explanation:

To write a polynomial in a standard form you have to order its terms by the decreasing powers of the variable and reduce the like terms if possible.

-7x^2-x^3+x+5+2=-x^3-7x^2+x+5+2=

=-x^3-7x^2+x+7

The last expression is in the standard form. The highest power, to which x is raised is 3, and it has 4 terms, so it is a quadrinomial of the third degree.