How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms $6+x^2-4x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-02T10:32:30

Standard form for a quadratic is: $ax^2+bx+c$

So $6+x^2-4x" "->" "x^2-4x+6$

The degree is the largest index (power). You have $x^2$ so the degree is 2

Number of terms is 3

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How do you write a polynomial in standard form, then classify it by degree and number of terms 6+x^2-4x6+x^2-4x?